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Compliance Specialist - End Client Onboarding

Our Compliance department is looking for talented Compliance Specialists to join the team to oversee all aspects of regulatory and legal compliance applicable to the company. 

The role of the Compliance Specialist will be to ensure that an appropriate and comprehensive compliance framework has been both developed and implemented in these and other areas. This role will act as our specialist compliance adviser to the business. 

The Details…

• Conduct a review of clients' applications at the point of onboarding

• Carry out know-your-customer (KYC) and enhanced customer due diligence (ECDD) on new clients 

• Conduct sanction/PEP screening and investigate potential hits

• Support data-protection compliance

• Review the effectiveness of current monitoring rules and settings and provide feedback on ways to optimise

• Continuously review current processes and suggest improvements to the process as well as systems used

• Work cross-departmental to proactively identify and resolve operational compliance queries

• Undertake assigned Compliance project work

• Identification and reporting of suspicious activity to relevant global financial intelligence units

• Proactively escalate urgent cases to management for further review

• Keep up-to-date with current and future regulatory changes that affect the business and use this knowledge to proactively suggest improvements to compliance policies and procedures.

Which skills are required?

• Excellent analytical skills and ability to work in a methodical manner with high attention to detail

• Ability to work independently to manage assigned tasks to ensure daily targets are met

• An accountable worker who takes ownership of cases from start to finish

• Team player who enjoys working with others in order to achieve a shared goal efficiently and effectively

• Ability to reprioritise and multitask at short notice to meet tight deadlines 

• Be articulate, numerate, organised, hardworking and able to build excellent relationships

Knowledge & Expertise…

• Have an interest in having a career in Compliance within the payments, financial services, technology or FX industry

• Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

• Economic / financial sanctions

• Payment Services / E-money Directive

No specific qualifications required:

Nice to haves:
- Degree in Maths, Economic, Business Studies or a similar field
- Compliance qualification (eg ICA)

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.