KYC Officer (12 months Contract)

Job Description:

• Managing the day-to-day CDD onboarding process, including new onboarding / periodic / ad-hoc review in a timely manner independently.
• Reviewing and providing guidance to Front Office on name screening, source of wealth source of fund corroboration, client profiling documentation, FATCA/CRS evaluation, enhanced due diligence review (where applicable) and other information provided by Front Office for completeness, plausibility and reasonableness.
• Proactively work with Front Office identify the problem areas and propose new processes, initatives or systems to improve efficiency.
• Conducting CDD-related training for Front Office and/or other support functions.
• Participate in system and/or process enhancement projects such as User Acceptance Test.
• Perform all other duties and responsibilities as assigned by and/or in the absence of the Head of Legal and Compliance.

Requirements:

• Minimum 1-3 years of KYC experience within a Bank.
• Knowledge of local regulatory requirements, including KYC/AML, FATCA and CRS requirememts.
• Good analytical and problem solving ability.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure and to manage tight timelines.
• Excellent team player, time management and follow-up skills.
• Proficient in both English and Mandarin language to liaise with internal and external Chinese stakeholders.