DESCRIPTION
Job Title: KYC Compliance Officer
Key job responsibilities
- Perform KYC Compliance assessment (SDD, CDD, & EDD) on merchant accounts in line with the KYC compliance policy requirements appropriately.
- Identify financial crime compliance risks and apply risk mitigation standards efficiently.
- Conduct periodic KYC review on existing merchant accounts, ensuring customers data and documents are up to date, and assign a correct risk rating to each merchant's account as per the Policy & Procedures.
- Conduct an in-depth review on merchant's eCommerce websites ensure to the merchant's business is within Amazon risk appetite.
- Assess brand reputation, compliance status to determine risk exposure on new and existing merchants and take an appropriate course of action.
- Engage with merchants to deliver prompt and transparent answers to the KYC compliance-related inquiries.
- Conduct name screening using various tools, open source intelligence and public domain to identify PEPs & Adverse Media.
- Provide status reports, analytical insights and be the focal point and the center of knowledge in the KYC compliance process.
- Contribute to drafting standard operating procedures (SOP), while working closely with cross-functional teams to evolve the organization's KYC compliance posture.
- Maintain individual accountability for performance metrics, ensuring ever-increasing levels of productivity and accuracy against established benchmarks
Basic Qualifications
- 3-4 years of professional experience in KYC and financial crime compliance functions in a financial institution (banking or payment service providers).
- Comprehensive knowledge of financial crime compliance frameworks, including KYC, AML, Fraud, and Card Scheme regulations.
- Capable of articulating well-reasoned perspectives on complex and challenging matters in a professional manner.
- Professional and fluent in English (reading, speaking and writing).
- Proven ability to excel in dynamic, high-velocity work environments.
- Skilled at conveying complex or sensitive information to both internal and external parties with appropriate clarity and confidentiality.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, or Economics.
- ACAMS certification is advantageous (CAMS or CKYCA).
Key job responsibilities
Job Title: KYC Compliance Officer
Key job responsibilities
- Perform KYC Compliance assessment (SDD, CDD, & EDD) on merchant accounts in line with the KYC compliance policy requirements appropriately.
- Identify financial crime compliance risks and apply risk mitigation standards efficiently.
- Conduct periodic KYC review on existing merchant accounts, ensuring customers data and documents are up to date, and assign a correct risk rating to each merchant's account as per the Policy & Procedures.
- Conduct an in-depth review on merchant's eCommerce websites ensure to the merchant's business is within Amazon risk appetite.
- Assess brand reputation, compliance status to determine risk exposure on new and existing merchants and take an appropriate course of action.
- Engage with merchants to deliver prompt and transparent answers to the KYC compliance-related inquiries.
- Conduct name screening using various tools, open source intelligence and public domain to identify PEPs & Adverse Media.
- Provide status reports, analytical insights and be the focal point and the center of knowledge in the KYC compliance process.
- Contribute to drafting standard operating procedures (SOP), while working closely with cross-functional teams to evolve the organization's KYC compliance posture.
- Maintain individual accountability for performance metrics, ensuring ever-increasing levels of productivity and accuracy against established benchmarks
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, or Economics.
- ACAMS certification is advantageous (CAMS or CKYCA).
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 4+ years of industry experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in AML or Compliance
- CAMS certification
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Company - Payfort Egypt LLC - G20
Job ID: A3158615
