KYC Analyst - Philippines, Pilipinas - Booth & Partners

Paglalarawan

Job Description

This is a remote position.

About the Client:

Lendable connects emerging and frontier market fintechs with international and local investors so that they can in turn provide financial services to those who need it the most: underbanked consumers and small businesses. They have built the technical and financial infrastructure to increase access to credit in emerging and frontier markets, including a proprietary database of over 49m loans across 26 countries. To date, they have helped more than 3m people get access to fair loans and deployed over $400m of capital to fintechs across Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.

They have employees in the US, UK Europe, Africa, and Asia with major hubs in London and Nairobi. Their diverse team consists of investment, tech, risk, legal, and finance personnel who care about supporting each other and their clients. They are passionate about helping underbanked communities get access to fair financial services. Come help them build out their team and continue to grow
Job Summary:

You are passionate about ethics, compliance, and risk assessment from an AML/KYC perspective. You will be responsible for conducting due diligence and Know Your Customer (KYC) research to determine the risk profiles of loans originated by the Group, as part of the business-wide Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance remediation process. Your role involves collaborating with various departments internally, and with external parties, to research and collect KYC information in accordance with Lendable's AML policies. You will present your findings and recommendations to the Chief Compliance Officer. You will also be able to advise and assist with other ad-hoc KYC/AML projects or needs as the business requires.

Responsibilities:

• Conducting Due diligence and Know Your Customer (KYC) research to determine the risk profiles of loans originated by the Group, as part of the business-wide Anti-Money
  
• Laundering (AML) Compliance remediation process.
  
• Collection of borrower information to meet prescribed internal KYC/AML policies and procedures, and to align with applicable regulations and law.
  
• Execute and review negative media or internet alerts from client screening and escalate where necessary.
  
• Screen customers against sanctions lists, politically exposed persons (PEP) databases, and other relevant databases and registers such as the LSEG Refinitiv Database and the
  
• Offshore Leaks Database, and escalate where necessary.
  
• Prepare client KYC research, information and documentation for review by the Chief Compliance Officer.
  
• Prepare suspicious activity reports (SARs) and submit them to the Chief Compliance Officer.
  
• Coordinate with relevant Group employees and borrowers to conduct and complete KYC/AML checks.
  
• Communicate with third parties or external agents on behalf of The Group, to conduct and complete KYC/AML checks.
  
• Assist with other KYC/AML or due diligence tasks as required.
  
• Managing caseload, and taking ownership by tracking with business owners to ensure cases complete in a timely manner.
  

Requirements

• 3 + years experience in KYC analysis in financial or legal institutions
  
• Knowledge of KYC and AML requirements and compliance as they pertain to UK, EU, US regulations and a high level of understanding of how to manage KYC/AML in emerging markets
  
• The ability to determine and provide judgment on the KYC/AML risk profiles of potential clientele
  
• Strong communication and project management skills, to manage multiple KYC/AML analysis for diverse clientele, end-to-end, and communicate with the various stakeholders
  
• A proactive approach to learning, taking responsibility, and getting involved in the daily KYC/AML needs of the company.
  
• Must have Fiber Optic internet with at least 25 Mbps bandwidth
  
• Must have a backup desktop or laptop with the latest OS
  
• Must be able to work from 4PM-1AM
  

Benefits

WHAT WE OFFER:

Great Place to Work-Certified Company
Premium HMO
Holistic employee experience
Work-from-home and hybrid work setup
Rewards and incentives
Monthly engagement activities
Career advancement opportunities
Paid referral program