KYC Manager

KYC Specialist at Sav

Location: Gurgaon, India (In-Office)
Department: Compliance / Operations
Employment Type: Full-Time

About Sav

Sav is building the future of personal finance across the GCC. Our mission is to help people spend smarter, save effortlessly, and invest confidently through intuitive financial products. As a regulated fintech, trust and compliance are at the heart of everything we do.

We're looking for a KYC Specialist to help deliver a seamless, secure, and compliant customer onboarding experience while supporting the evolution of our compliance operations.

What You'll Do

• Perform Know Your Customer (KYC), Customer Due Diligence (CDD), and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) checks for individual customers.
• Review and verify customer identity documents and onboarding information in line with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct sanctions, PEP (Politically Exposed Persons), and adverse media screening.
• Identify, investigate, and escalate high-risk or suspicious cases to the Compliance team.
• Ensure timely completion of customer onboarding while maintaining high accuracy and quality standards.
• Liaise with Customer Experience teams to resolve documentation deficiencies and onboarding queries.
• Maintain complete and accurate records of customer verification and compliance checks.
• Support periodic KYC reviews and remediation exercises for existing customers.
• Monitor compliance with AML/KYC policies and assist in implementing process improvements.
• Contribute to the development of scalable onboarding workflows, SOPs, and operational best practices.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Compliance teams to improve onboarding efficiency and customer experience.

What We're Looking For

• 2-5 years of experience in KYC, AML, Compliance Operations, or Customer Due Diligence.
• Experience working in fintech, banking, payments, wealth management, or financial services.
• Strong understanding of KYC, AML, CDD, EDD, sanctions screening, and customer onboarding processes.
• Familiarity with FATF recommendations and global AML/KYC best practices.
• Excellent attention to detail with strong analytical and investigative skills.
• Ability to assess risk and make informed decisions based on regulatory guidelines.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Why Join Sav?

• Build products that make financial wellbeing accessible to millions.
• Work directly with experienced founders and cross-functional teams.
• Take ownership from day one in a fast-growing fintech.
• Opportunity to shape compliance operations as the company scales.
• Competitive compensation and high-growth career opportunities.