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KYC Team Leader

  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted almost 3 years ago

  • Sector: Financial Crime & Fraud
  • Contact: Andy Hodson
  • Contact Email: ahodson@merje.com
  • Expiry Date: 08 July 2021
  • Job Ref: AH/17487

Our client is a business regulated by the Gambling Commission and they are currently looking to recruit a KYC Team Leader as a result of continued growth. In the role you will be responsible for the management of 1 of 3 fast-paced KYC sub-teams. You will be responsible for risk-based customer investigations where there is evidence to show that the customer may be experiencing harm, suspicions of money laundering or fraudulent activity.

Role Responsibilities:

  • Reporting to the Head of KYC you will provide day to day line management of 4 KYC Officer’s
  • Enforcing compliance with the Act, POCA, TACT, LCCP and other guidance by working to set policies and procedures
  • Ensuring the team remain up to date with all training requirements and understand changes to regulations
  • Moving customers through to an Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) procedure where the risk-based investigation has deemed there to be considerable responsible gambling, money laundering or fraudulent concern, including requesting and analysing Source of Funds / Source of Wealth (SOF/SOW)
  • Requesting extended identity verification if required
  • Responsible for performing checks on potential VIP customers to assess viability for upgrade
  • Point of escalation for customer risk based investigations from KYC Officer’s
  • Ensuring appropriate records of regulatory reportable activities are maintained
  • Particular focus on ensuring the pipeline of customer risk-based investigations are quick and decisions are made without delay
  • Provide quality feedback to the Head of KYC to ensure that procedures and policies are continually improved

Skills and Competencies:

  • Experience in line management of a small team
  • Strong understanding of the Act, POCA, TACT, LCCP and other related guidance
  • High level of understanding of rationale and experience undertaking Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Enhanced Due Dilgence (EDD) procedures
  • Experience in embedding new policies and procedures
  • Experience dealing directly with customers and ideally in a customer facing/service environment
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word & Excel
  • Good understanding of Data Protection (GDPR) and Information Security principles

MUST BE PREPARED TO WORK SHIFTS AND WEEKENDS

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