KYC Lead

Responsibilities:

• Use knowledge and experience in the field of operational management to lead a team in addressing challenging global KYC onboarding and its related issues.
• Lead a global team and work with business stakeholders to ensure that potential customers are properly assessed to identify possible integrity/financial crime/sanctions/terrorism linked risks and onboarded in a compliant manner
• Challenge the norm and ensure business objectives are achieved with the right controls, focus and drive
• Data driven and using strong statistical analysis to identify onboarding trends, root cause analysis and performance monitoring.

Requirements:

• 7 years of directly related experience in a corporate onboarding role with substantial knowledge of relevant rules and regulations and the day-to-day KYC onboarding compliance affairs
• Highly adaptable, self-driven and able to deliver results under pressure
• Strong track record in leading medium to large remote teams
• Experienced in outsourcing management
• Able to drive and deliver high quality risk assessments, remediations, periodic/trigger reviews and enhanced due diligence projects on a enterprise level
• Market knowledge of leading edge KYC solutions and market practices
• Highly preferred for candidates to possess ACAMS/CAMS/CCAS/ICA certifications or othersMotivated and with a growth mindset to take advantage of opportunities and able to adapt to a challenging environment
• Possesses strong time management, organizational and relationship building skills
• Adaptable in an evolving and fast-moving environment
• Good knowledge on provisions of crypto/fiat licensed entities local laws, directives, regulations and otherwise standards applicable
• Good knowledge of upcoming regulations of virtual currency policies is a strong plus