Job Title: Customer Due Diligence Specialist
About the Role:
The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and international economic sanctions theories, with proficiency in English as a working language. This role requires a stable personality with a strong sense of compliance and responsibility.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct international verification case reviews, including individual and corporate verifications, ensuring thoroughness and accuracy.
- Review and confirm the results of AML and economic sanctions blacklist screenings to maintain the highest standards of compliance.
- Collaborate with other departments on KYC/CDD-related workflows and process daily applications efficiently.
- Assist in optimizing the global customer KYC/CDD process to ensure seamless operations.
- Analyze KYC vendor review situations and seek better solutions to improve our processes.
- Monitor the daily status of KYC/CDD and check the system's operation to identify areas for improvement.
- Conduct research on the KYC/CDD regulatory requirements and documentation for different countries and complete the research report accurately.
- Assist in implementing AML policies and other policies involving KYC/CDD, ensuring alignment with industry standards.
- Deal effectively with difficult KYC problems related to Portuguese and Spanish, leveraging language skills.
- Support the Team Leader in completing other related tasks to achieve overall success.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in finance, law, economics, auditing, languages, or related fields from a full-time university program, preferably from internationally renowned universities.
- At least two years of experience in KYC/CDD or other compliance-related roles within banks, securities, or other financial institutions is preferred.
- Proficiency in Mandarin is preferred but not required.
- Familiarity with AML and international economic sanctions theories; CAMS certification is a plus.
- Excellent data analysis skills and proficiency in using office software such as Excel, Word, PPT are essential.
Bonus Points:
- Strong learning and stress tolerance abilities, good communication skills, meticulous work, high enthusiasm, and a sense of responsibility are highly valued traits for this position.