KYC Team Lead
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Insight Global is looking for a qualified KYC Team Lead to join one of their financial clients in their New York City Office. The qualified candidate will join the KYC/AML team and will support a team of KYC Officers in their daily duties.
Responsibilities:
- Perform second review/4-eyed checks on all foreign and high-risk accounts during both on boarding and periodic/event driven reviews
- Perform quality control reviews of a sample of each assigned KYC officer’s monthly work
- Conduct targeted training and development for team members
- Assist with UAT and technological improvements related to KYC
- Present KPI/monthly metrics to senior management
- Act as first point of escalation for negative news, political exposure, and sanctions
- Liaise with the business daily to ensure smooth KYC processing
- Provide guidance on complex KYC matters to the Business and AML team members to meet regulatory requirements
- Complete reports that act as additional controls to ensure the firm is meeting all of its’ regulatory obligations related to BSA, USA Patriot Act, and OFAC
- Sit in on new hire Interviews and train junior team members
Must haves:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Strong knowledge of reviewing KYC documentation for corporations, foreign financial institutions, trusts, PHC/PICs and complex ownership structures
- Experienced in FINCEN CDD requirements
- Knowledgeable of the laws applicable to money laundering, including: Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT act, US Treasury AML guidelines, OFAC requirements
- Experience with Latin American corporate structures/complex ownership involving multiple jurisdictions
- Understanding of OFAC sanctions exposure risk in LATAM, especially Venezuela including risk mitigation by reliance on applicable general licenses
Plusses:
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
- Bi-lingual Spanish/English
- Experience with LexisNexis and Actimize
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