AML / KYC Officer

Job Summary

As an 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 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 Hyderabad team.

Responsibilities

• Review of deal agreements and KYC documents for new investments/borrowers.
• Follow up for missing KYC information with the client and their vendors or legal representatives.
• Maintenance of KYC information in the clients/UBOs database and in the electronic document management system.
• Performance of the ongoing monitoring tasks and periodic reviews related to these investments and their related transactions/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 use your own investigatory initiative.
• Contributing to the development of training materials and support new team members.
• Provide input for CDD procedures and ensure that you follow said procedures.

Requirements

• Preferably hold a degree in law, business, finance or economics.
• 2 to 5 years of relevant experience.
• Preferably have experience in the Financial Services or Fund Services industry.
• Familiarity with 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.
• Knowledge of legal entity structures both domestic and international.
• You are a results-oriented person.
• You combine autonomy with the necessary attention to detail.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.