Onboarding Analyst

Onboarding Analyst

Based in either High Wycombe or London Victoria (UK), Malaga or Leon (Spain)

Office based 4 days per week, 1 day per week working from home

Ebury has high standards when it comes to working with clients. We need to make sure that the clients we serve and the transactions we carry out respect all the legal, regulatory and ethical standards. This means that when we onboard a client, we need to perform important due diligence checks on the prospect and the transactions this client would like to do via Ebury. And this is where you come in! 

The onboarding analyst will work closely with the Head of Onboarding in a hybrid role between the firm's London and High Wycombe offices. 

Role Purpose

The Analyst is responsible for conducting the onboarding review in line with current policy to ensure all Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements are fulfilled. He / she plays a vital role together with the sales team in order to provide a smooth onboarding experience while making sure that our legal and compliance requirements are met. 

Responsibilities

• Analyse customer relationships, documentation, activity patterns, and transactions to detect potential suspicious activity or activity that is not consistent with the client’s profile.
• Complying with relevant legislative and regulatory standards, and internal processes and procedures.
• Identifying clients posing higher risk due to the existence of red flags or other high risk triggers.
• Resolve day-to-day issues arising during the CDD process, and escalate more complex challenges via the appropriate channel.
• Completing allocated tasks with focus, and in a timely manner.
• Communicate the status of tasks to colleagues, supervisors and managers, and escalate problems swiftly, as needed.
• Manage caseload throughout the end to end process in a timely manner
• Ensuring that financial crime risks are identified during the CDD /  EDD process and  are assessed, managed and reported in a timely manner; 

Desired Experience/Competencies

• University degree
• 1 or 2 years of experience in a KYC onboarding role
• Fluency in English. Any other language is a plus
• Articulate in both written and verbal communication
• Attention to detail 
• Working knowledge of desktop based office software such as MS Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, the Google Suite and other applications
• Working successfully in a target driven operational environment. Ability to manage performance and targets in a fast paced, pressured environment
• Must have basic knowledge of international sanction regulations (UN, EU, UK and US)
• Must have previous experience CDD / EDD requirements in the UK. 
• Must be a team player but can adapt to work independently when required

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