KYC investigator in the world of finance

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KBC Global Services provides processes and activities for banks in the KBC Group family such as ČSOB and others. We aim for friendly, dynamic, and professional company culture that encourages a high level of performance, personal initiative & responsibility.

We are looking for a new member of Central Acceptance Unit (CAU) team which acts as investigative unit of banks and other financial entities worldwide.

Do you enjoy looking for information on the internet? Seeing actual results of your investigative work having real impact on everyday banking business? Communicating directly with our clients from different countries?

As a member of CAU team you will do such & much more!

You will perform thorough, regulatory, and reputational screenings of Financial Institutions. Gathering information from various sources, performing analysis of available data, making evidence, presenting your outcomes and finally proposing a business risk determined by your investigation. These activities together with some administrative tasks complete Know Your Customer (KYC) screening, an obligatory requirement by law in many countries.

What to expect:

• Your main responsibility will be completing the whole process of KYC screening of new counterparties as well as a periodical review of existing data.
• You will consult different trustworthy online sources, official regulatory websites, and other professional databases to get the required documents. In most cases, you will also directly contact the financial institutions via email or phone call.
• Search public online sources to investigate reputations of banks and various companies, e.g. Google search for negative information related to corruption, money laundering, or terrorist financing.
• The result of your KYC screening is either a refusal or an acceptance of new counterparty together with a proposal of Risk profile.
• You will communicate via email on a daily basis to discuss your cases with your colleagues & other internal departments; you will present your complex cases to the management as needed.

Your skills & experience:

• Spoken and written English and Czech B2-C1 – communication with counterparties worldwide via e-mails, SWIFT messages, and phone calls.
• Very good communication skills – daily cooperation with colleagues and teams across our company.
• Strong administrative skills, confident Excel user, attention to detail and accuracy.
• Self-organization – ability to maintain your „In Progress“ portfolio and to be in perfect control of it, coordinate multiple KYC screenings at the same time.
• Ability to analyze and assess available information.
• Open-minded – ask questions and call for answers, escalate, argue, find new ways how to.

3 things you’ll love about KBC Global Services: 
#1 Work-life balance for real. Forget overtime and working while sleeping! We empower parents and young professionals juggling careers, studies and hobbies. 
#2 Stability. KBC Group includes the Czech ČSOB, the Belgian KBC, the Hungarian K&H, and more. We’ve been based in Brno since 2011 and offer you room for growth. 
#3 International environment full of easy-going colleagues. 

Recruiter Name

Jakub Kocyan