KYC ONBOARDING SPECIALIST (JOHANNESBURG)

SUMMARY:
As an Onboarding Specialist, your duties will include conducting the batch screenings of registered customer information against the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) updates and the Foreign Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs). You will be performing gap analysis and identifying AML and/or Compliance/Regulatory issues compared to the laws and regulations in force.

POSITION INFO:

Requirements:

• Minimum of two years'' experience in financial services data analysis
• Reliable transport and a valid driver''s license.
• Flexibility in respect of working overtime as required.
• Ability to multi-task and handle several different projects
• Experience reviewing and analyzing KYC documentation
• Experience performing thorough analyses of customer information
• Experience preparing suspicious activity reports (SARs)
• Experience conducting investigations relating to AML beneficial
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Ability to use pivot tables and work with an advanced statistical database and statistical methods and functions
• Familiarity with AML issues concerning onboarding new customers
• Anti-Money Laundering diploma or similar qualifications an advantage
• Professional certification with an organization, such as the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), gives a distinct advantage

KPA:

• Review all alerts for PEP and Sanction triggers of possible matches.
• Conduct independent research to gather and record data from internal systems, commercial databases, and the Internet
• Assess and analyze research data
• Handle due diligence investigations to support policies and procedures
• Conduct investigations based on global standards, policies, tools, and procedures to ensure compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements
• Ensure efficient identification and monitoring of accounts considered high risk
• Ensure timely and efficient reporting of customers considered high risk
• Daily assessment AML reports relating to ongoing monitoring of high risk accounts
• Stay current with money laundering and terrorist financing behaviors, issues, policies, regulations, criminal typologies, industry best practices, and developing trends
• Help in identifying potential weaknesses in processes
• Act as a subject matter expert to employees, providing guidance on what actions to take in dealing with high risk accounts
• Collect documentary proof and build and maintain case files for customers deemed high risk
• Ensure proper record-keeping of data collected and analyzed
• Write and prepare suspicious activity reports (SARs)

By submitting any Personal Information to MPRTC in any form you acknowledge that such conduct constitutes a reasonable unconditional, specific and voluntary consent to the processing and storing of such Personal Information by MPRTC and/or MPRTC’s clients and/or verification information suppliers. You voluntarily consent that for the purposes of potentially gaining future employment opportunities, thorough background screening which may include but will not be limited to criminal, fraud, ITC and employment reference checks may be conducted. Should you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. You have the right to “Opt-Out” of electronic communications from us at any time and you also have the right to request us to delete your personal information by contacting us.

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