KYC Officer (F/H) (English Speaker)

Vos Challenges

ROLE SUMMARY:

As a Junior KYC Officer, you will play a role in:

• Collecting KYC documents for all relevant counterparties.
• Evaluating information and documents to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Contributing to a high-quality centralized KYC preparation process.

• Supporting business in terms of Client Acceptance and Continuance procedures following the Firm’s policies and relevant Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) rules.
• Developing an enhanced risk mindset and understanding the KYC and AML principles and requirements.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. Know Your Customer (KYC) checks

You will be responsible for conducting thorough and detailed client researches, gathering KYC information and documentation. Furthermore, you will be a key point of contact for the client and collaborate with the internal Engagement Team. You will create or update client information in our KYC repository “DocuWare”.

2. Carry out thorough and detailed Customer Due Diligence (CDD) obligations, i.e. understanding client’s identity and business activities

• Identifying the client and verifying its identity.
• Identifying beneficial owners and Senior Management Officials.
• Identify Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs).
• Gathering information on the intended purpose and nature of the business relationship.

3. Master the use of Global Client and Engagement Acceptance Continuance (CEAC) evaluation process, to assess the initial client risk and prepare the Client Acceptance / Continuance evaluations.

4. Communicate with internal and external clients to collect KYC documentation.

Votre Profil

TECHNICAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong Computer skills including Outlook and MS Office package (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Some knowledge of anti-money laundering rules, Know-Your-Customer process.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Results oriented, proactive, meticulous, and able to meet tight deadlines.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Delivering high quality results.
• Languages: fluent in English, and fluent in either French or German; any other language is considered as an asset.

We expect that the KYC officer:

• Collaborates and communicates efficiently with all stakeholders (KYC Team Members, Engagement Teams, external clients, AML Team).
• Understands the business needs and requirements of the Engagement Partners and Teams.
• Works motivated and disciplined towards deadlines and escalates when needed.
• Is highly detail oriented, process driven and proofs analytical skills.
• Proactively proposes knowledge sharing activities.
• Achieve productivity targets and strives to exceed them.
• Has a good understanding of KYC performance management goals.
• Has a strong mindset for continuous improvement and and deploys a flexible work approach based on client needs

Votre environnement de travail

KPMG is a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. KPMG is the brand under which the member firms of KPMG International Limited (“KPMG International”) operate and provide professional services. “KPMG” is used to refer to individual member firms within the KPMG organization or to one or more member firms collectively.

KPMG firms operate in 145 countries and territories with more than 236,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. Each KPMG member firm is responsible for its own obligations and liabilities.