Research Analyst

Research Analyst, KYC Operations

Position Summary

This role is within our Group Anti Financial Crime Utility team, specializing in Know Your Client (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering.

The KYC Operations function is specialist in, but not limited to, onboarding and customer risk assessments generating MI reports, SLA and critical metric execution, quality control and quality assurance execution. KYC Operations will also be responsible for Operational training design and delivery.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Conduct KYC onboarding and periodic reviews through comprehensive data collection and analysis.
• Follows SOP and procedures to ensure KYC is performed in an accurate and timely manner.
• Raising unresolved queries to the next level of support and ensures accurate recording, documentation, and closure of alerts.
• Review all trigger events related to existing clients, where required gather additional supporting documentation.
• Undertake AML and sanction/PEP screening, on-boarding due diligence checks and ongoing monitoring ensuring that consistent processes are followed in line with global strategy and requirements.
• Ensure sanction/PEP screening are conducted and accurate course of action is taken.
• Carry out complex research/investigations to confirm whether the potential matches to global sanctions lists are actual matches according to laid down guidelines.
• Maintain databases and documentation and suggest controls to ensure we align with regulations.
• Presenting to partners including colleagues and front office account managers as part of the onboarding, periodic review, trigger events and offboarding processes.
• Support team members with AML checks.
• Maintain communications within the business to ensure material issues related to financial crime prevention are raised as required.
• Perform Quality Control checks of KYC/AML files.
• Communicating professionally and confidently with stakeholders including colleagues and front office account managers as part of the onboarding, periodic review, trigger events and offboarding processes

Preferred Skills and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field together with equivalent working experience.
• Minimum 1 or more years of experience in KYC/AML.
• Be effective in finding data from a number of sources/systems and accurately transfer Maintain personal compliance of operational and regulatory risk.
• Practical financial crime experience or transferable skill.
• A curiosity about financial crime matters. A good level of awareness of legal corporate entities and corporate group structures.
• Financial Crime investigation, prevention and/or detection work preferably in the financial services or asset management industry.
• Perception of AML Risk Based Approach concepts.
• Sound knowledge of sanctions and politically exposed persons, Negative news research screening systems.

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London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

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