Company Info
Mid sized business
1 to 50 Employees
Leatherback is a worldwide digital cross-border payments service provider that aims to improve how Treasury solutions are delivered to businesses and consumers in frontier countries. We offer a unified access point that enables individuals and enterprises to be truly global. We accomplish this by developing world-class financial, payment, and commerce technologies that remove obstacles to global growth and mobility for all inhabitants of the world.
Leatherback is a worldwide digital cross-border payments service provider that aims to improve how Treasury solutions are delivered to businesses and consumers in frontier countries. We offer a unified access point that enables individuals and enterprises to be truly global. We accomplish this by developing world-class financial, payment, and commerce technologies that remove obstacles to global growth and mobility for all inhabitants of the world.
Title: KYC Analyst
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Compliance
Responsibilities
- Complete KYC onboarding for new (individual and corporate) and pre-existing customers by reviewing client documentation, vendor databases, and data entered into proprietary
- Solid knowledge and understanding around AML, in particular KYC, EDD, and high-risk customers.
- Ensure all appropriate information is contained in the KYC to meet all regulatory, legal, bank, and audit requirements
- Liaise with Clients, Front Office, Credit, Legal, and Operations as necessary as part of the KYC process
- Ownership of the KYC onboarding process from the initial introduction from sales through to integration handover
- Undertake screening of clients against adverse media, PEP and Sanctions Lists
- Manage and maintain client records for both new and existing clients and perform CDD/EDD for trigger events and periodic reviews.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Any compliance certification is a plus
- Knowledge of AML/BSA-related regulations.
- Strong team player, also able to work independently and take ownership of issues
- Two years minimum experience in AML KYC or other AML/CTF and compliance-related functions.
- Excellent written and spoken English and strong report-writing skills, including the ability to apply independent thought and analysis
- Consistent improvement in organizational measures and policies to promote a positive culture of compliance with the organization and facilitate business growth.
Deadline: Not Specified.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should Click Here to apply online