AML/KYC Senior Officer

JOB DESCRIPTION & RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Senior Officer, you will use the experience you have acquired in the past as well as excellent organisational skills, sound judgement, the ability to prioritise tasks and strong personal character to help meet client requirements. Your team will benefit from your flexible approach, attention to detail and ability to take the lead to work in a fast-paced regulated environment.

You will work with our client relationships and will have specific responsibility for the company secretarial and governance process undertaken by the Cork team.

• Oversight of deal agreements and KYC documents for new investments/borrowers;

• Escalate any missing KYC information with the client and their vendors/legal representatives;

• Performance of quality reviews on projects and sign off;

• Maintenance of KYC information in the clients/UBOs database and in the electronic document management system;

• Oversight of the ongoing monitoring tasks related to these investments/transactions and their related parties;

• Working effectively with key stakeholders using strong influencing skills to ensure a mutual satisfactory resolution of key issues;

• Familiarity with screening tools such as WorldCheck/Dow Jones/Finscan would be of benefit;

• Ability to interpret risk ratings and using own investigatory initiative;

• Contributing to the ongoing development of training materials and mentoring of new team members;

• Contribution to process improvement and automation processes;

• Provide input for CDD procedures and make sure that the team follows said procedures.

REQUIREMENTS:

• You hold a degree in business, finance or economics;  

• You have between 3 and 5 years’ experience in the Financial Services or Fund Services industry;

• Strong knowledge of (“Anti-money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing”) AML/CTF legislation/directives;

• You show high interest in regulatory and compliance topics;  

• You are fluent in English. Any other language will be considered an advantage;  

• You like working in a team and you are able to think out of the box;  

• Ability to interpret regulatory guidelines and assess risk scores;

• Strong knowledge of legal entity structures both domestic and international;

• You are a results-oriented person;  

• You combine a large autonomy with the necessary attention to detail;

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

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