KYC Analyst / Client Due Diligence Analyst

Role Description

We are seeking analytical, detail-oriented, and compliance-focused professionals for the positions of KYC Analyst / Client Due Diligence Analyst. These roles focus on verifying customer identities, assessing client risk profiles, reviewing supporting documentation, and ensuring that customer onboarding and account maintenance activities comply with applicable regulatory requirements. Successful candidates will contribute to financial crime prevention, customer verification, risk assessment, and the maintenance of accurate compliance records.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting Know Your Customer (KYC) reviews to establish and verify the identities of individual and corporate customers.
• Reviewing identification documents, validating customer information, checking account details, conducting screening against relevant sanctions and watchlists, and identifying discrepancies that require further investigation.
• Maintaining customer records, updating KYC systems, following established onboarding procedures, and coordinating with internal teams to obtain missing documentation.
• Supporting periodic reviews, customer information updates, and the escalation of unusual findings in accordance with internal policies.
• Assessing customer backgrounds, ownership structures, business activities, and potential financial crime risks.
• Reviewing corporate documents, identifying beneficial owners, evaluating customer risk indicators, conducting open-source research, and assessing information collected during due diligence reviews.
• Determining whether additional verification or enhanced due diligence is required, documenting assessment findings, and preparing reports for compliance and risk management teams.
• Supporting periodic account reviews, investigating information inconsistencies, and ensuring that customer risk classifications remain accurate and appropriately documented.
• Strengthening compliance controls, maintaining reliable customer records, protecting confidential information, and supporting efforts to prevent money laundering, fraud, sanctions violations, and other financial crime risks.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Familiarity with compliance databases or screening systems.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Finance, Banking, Accounting, Law, Business Administration, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
• Understanding of Know Your Customer (KYC), Customer Due Diligence (CDD), and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) principles.
• Familiarity with customer onboarding, identity verification, beneficial ownership identification, and risk classification procedures.
• Knowledge of sanctions screening, politically exposed persons (PEPs), adverse media screening, and escalation processes is an advantage.
• Ability to review customer documentation, identify discrepancies, conduct research, and prepare accurate assessment records.
• Strong analytical thinking, information evaluation, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear compliance documentation.
• High standards of confidentiality, integrity, accuracy, and professional judgment.
• Ability to follow established procedures, manage review deadlines, and collaborate with compliance, operations, and risk management teams.