Grant Thornton Gibraltar
Advisory - BRS - Know Your Customer (KYC), AML for Transfer Agency Operations - Assistant Manager / Senior Consultant - Belfast
Job Description:
We are seeking a skilled and proactive AML/KYC Senior Consultant / Assistant Manager in AML regulatory compliance for our Transfer Agency Operations team. In this role, you will support the AML refresh team, ensuring that investor accounts are properly reviewed and that risk profiles are updated in accordance with current regulatory standards, internal policies, and client-specific guidelines. You will play a key role in assessing AML/KYC documentation, verifying the necessary documentation for complex entities, and ensuring full compliance with financial crime prevention regulations
Key Job Responsabilities:
Investor Onboarding and Due Diligence:
Conduct AML/KYC checks for new investors across a variety of investor types including individuals, corporations, trusts, and other legal entities.
Verify investor documents to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and client standards.
- Ongoing Monitoring:
Perform periodic reviews of existing investor profiles to ensure continued compliance with our client’s AML/KYC policies.
Monitor and report suspicious activities to in accordance with established protocols.
Understanding of AML laws, sanctions, and screening requirements, including OFAC, PEPs, and FATF guidelines.
- Regulatory Compliance:
Stay updated on changes to AML/KYC laws, regulations, and industry best practices.
Ensure all AML/KYC documentation is collected, verified, and maintained in line with regulatory requirements.
- Collaboration and Reporting:
Work as part of large teams, working closely with team leads to address escalations and resolve discrepancies.
Assist in preparing reports for various client stakeholders and Grant Thornton team leads.
- Data Management:
Maintain accurate records in the AML/KYC database, ensuring data integrity and completeness.
Handle sensitive information with discretion and confidentiality.
- Additional elements:
Ability to assess the design and operational effectiveness of controls systematically.
Proficient in identifying control deficiencies, assessing their impact, and proposing actionable solutions
Desired Skills:
Knowledge of AML/KYC regulatory frameworks and requirements.
Proficiency in using AML/KYC systems and databases.
Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, for interacting with investors and internal teams.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment.
Experience / Qualification:
Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ experience in an AML/KYC role within the funds, banking, or financial services industry.
Familiarity with fund structures such as mutual funds, hedge funds, and private equity is a plus.
Multinational organisation experience preferable.
Qualifications / Certifications:
Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance or a related field (preferred).
Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS) is highly desirable.
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What does this mean for you?
At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied individuals present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.
We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm’s best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.
Reward and benefits
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Recognition
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