Financial Services Company
The company
Our client is a leading German bank. As part of the build-out of its new office in Luxembourg, we are mandated to identify a Senior Associate Compliance Officer – KYC (m/f/d).
The Senior Associate Compliance Officer – KYC (m/f/d) supports the Luxembourg office in meeting its local customer due diligence and financial-crime prevention obligations. The role performs and coordinates onboarding and periodic-review activities, maintains accurate KYC records and escalates higher-risk or unusual matters to the Senior Compliance Officer / MLRO.
Your tasks
- Perform and coordinate customer due diligence for new and existing clients, including identification and verification of customers, beneficial owners, ownership structures and authorised representatives.
- Conduct risk-based KYC reviews, including enhanced due diligence for higher-risk clients, and document customer, product, country and transaction risk factors.
- Carry out sanctions, politically exposed person and adverse-information screening in accordance with applicable requirements and internal procedures, and escalate alerts appropriately.
- Maintain complete and accurate KYC files, monitor review dates and outstanding information, and support documented onboarding, periodic-review and remediation workflows.
- Coordinate with Front Office, Operations, Legal, central Compliance and other stakeholders to resolve KYC requirements while preserving independent compliance judgement.
- Support AML/CFT monitoring, management information, regulatory and audit requests, training activities, process improvements and testing of controls.
Your profile
- Degree or relevant vocational qualification in banking, law, economics, business administration or a comparable field.
- 2-5 years of relevant experience in KYC, AML/CFT, compliance, client onboarding, audit or banking operations, preferably within a credit institution.
- Good working knowledge of customer identification, beneficial-ownership analysis, enhanced due diligence, sanctions screening and risk-based KYC processes.
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, integrity and the ability to make and document sound risk-based assessments.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Business-fluent English, French is an advantage.
To apply for this job email your details to c.hofmann@talentspy.de
