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KYC Team Lead

  • Full Time, onsite
  • Insight Global
  • New York City Metropolitan Area, United States of America
Salary undisclosed

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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