Full Time

Senior Executive KYC Operations

Bangalore
India

This role is part of the Group Anti-Financial Crime Utility team, with a core focus on Know Your Client (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) operations. The KYC Operations team plays a meaningful role in safeguarding the organization against financial crime by ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Collect and analyze data for onboarding new clients and conducting periodic reviews.
  • Enforce to established procedures to ensure timely response to alerts, with a focus on a specific area.
  • Escalate unresolved issues to the appropriate support level and ensure alerts are accurately detailed, tracked, and closed.
  • Review trigger events related to existing clients and, when vital, acquire additional supporting documentation.
  • Clearly and concisely document research and analysis of clients’ financial activities and associated entities for customers including Management, Regulators, Legal, and Internal Compliance.
  • Conduct AML checks, sanction/PEP screenings, onboarding due diligence, and ongoing monitoring in alignment with global standards and strategies.
  • Ensure sanction/PEP screenings are performed accurately and appropriate actions are taken.
  • Carry out complex research/investigations to confirm whether the potential matches to global sanctions lists are actual matches according to laid down guidelines.
  • Maintain relevant databases and documentation, and recommend controls to ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Present findings and updates to partners such as colleagues and front office account managers during onboarding, periodic reviews, trigger events, and offboarding processes.
  • Assist team members with AML-related checks and procedures.
  • Facilitate communication across the business to ensure significant financial crime-related issues are appropriately called out.
  • Conduct quality control reviews of KYC/AML documentation.
  • Communicate professionally and confidently with internal customers throughout client lifecycle processes including onboarding, reviews, and offboarding.

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • A bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject area, along with equivalent professional experience.
  • At least 5 years of hands-on experience in KYC and AML processes.
  • Strong ability to source data from multiple platforms/systems and ensure accurate data handling while maintaining compliance with operational and regulatory standards.
  • Practical exposure to financial crime investigations or possession of transferable skills applicable to the domain.
  • A strong interest and inquisitiveness in financial crime-related topics.
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