Onboarding KYC Analyst- 12 month contract

Investec is a distinctive Specialist Bank serving clients principally in the UK and South Africa. Our culture gives us our edge : we work hard to find colleagues who'll think out of the ordinary and we put them in environments where they'll flourish. We combine a flat structure with a focus on internal mobility. If you can bring an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to learn and collaborate to your work, this could be the boost your career deserves.

Do you have Financial Services experience in client lifecycle management / onboarding, including the ability to understand and analyse complex company structures in the Irish market? Are you passionate about delivering an out of the ordinary client experience?

The Client Onboarding team oversees the end-to-end KYC process for clients at Investec Europe Limited. This includes New Business Onboarding for New and Existing Clients, Periodic Reviews & Triggered Events, and Offboarding. The team supports clients (predominantly Corporates) across two business lines, namely Treasury Risk Solutions (TRS) and Equities.

The primary responsibility of this role is to perform core AML / KYC due diligence on New Business for New and Existing Clients.

What will you be doing?

• Liaison with Business, ID & Verification, PEP & Sanction Screening, Negative Media / Adverse Media screening, Financial Crime Risk Assessment, and Ownership Validation.
• Regulatory Classification (, MiFID, EMIR, FATCA / CRS, and CAR rules).
• Managing multiple business priorities, strong control mindset, and ensuring seamless handover processes.
• Working closely with the team, Compliance, MLRO, Businesses, and other colleagues in Operations, Legal, Credit, and Risk.
• Timely, efficiently, and accurately conduct KYC for New and Existing clients, ensuring client records are correctly captured and accurate in all systems.
• Communicating professionally and confidently with stakeholders including colleagues, Business, and all supporting Operation Teams as part of the Onboarding process.
• Interpreting and analysing KYC data / documents to accurately risk assess new & existing clients, making sound judgement calls in terms of escalation and risk mitigation.
• Performing PEP, Sanction, and Negative Media screening and analysing the results to eliminate or confirm matches.
• Onboarding clients within agreed timelines.
• Understanding the differences across multiple business lines and applying the appropriate defined processes accordingly.
• Keeping open and honest communication to ensure efficient processes and short turnaround times.

What are we looking for in you?

Competencies and experience

As part of our collaborative & agile culture, our working week is 4 days in the office and one day remote.

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance. At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

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