KYC/Due Diligence Senior Specialist - Banks and Payment Service Providers

Job ID: 28009 

 

Are you interested in correspondent banking, global trade flows and financial crime prevention? This might be the opportunity for you.

 

We are now looking for a new colleague to join our team of Due Diligence Experts within Group Financial Crime Prevention, analysing Nordea’s customer base of banks and payment service providers (PSPs), both by conducting KYC due diligence and through customer compliance calls.

 

Our customer base includes some of the world’s largest and most prominent financial institutions and you will gain great insight into the world of correspondent banking, anti-money laundering, sanctions risks and transaction flows. You will be given the opportunity to become a true expert in the field of financial crime prevention and work in close collaboration with customer units and other stakeholders throughout Nordea.

 

You will work in a team with a good team spirit and talented members from various different countries and backgrounds. The field of financial crime prevention has grown rapidly and financial institutions play a key role, offering the right candidate excellent career opportunities.

 

This position is based on Stockholm, Sweden.

 

Your future responsibilities

 

In this role you will be responsible for performing KYC due diligence on your customer portfolio of banks and/or payment service providers. You will be supported in some administrative tasks and collaborate with customer units, but are expected to independently plan and conduct KYC due diligence and deliver results on time.

 

When you are ready you will be involved in customer compliance calls, and potentially site visits, as part of our enhanced due diligence procedures.

 

More specifically, your tasks will include:

• Collect and assess information on banks and/or PSPs and summarize your findings and conclusions in KYC files, i.e. conduct KYC due diligence (CDD/ODD/EDD) with focus on financial crime prevention.
• Analyse, describe and conclude on bank’s and PSP’s business with special focus on their financial crime governance and control procedures.
• Assess, describe and conclude on risks related to money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, corruption, adverse media, sanctions, transactions, ownership structures, corporate governance etc.
• Assess, understand and describe the local political and regulatory environment in relation to financial crime prevention and correspondent banking.
• Plan, organize and conduct compliance calls to verify information and collect intelligence on customers.
• Briefly present your KYC files in Nordea’s Evaluation Board meetings and answer questions in relation to your findings together with the customer’s Relationship Manager.
• Provide expertise knowledge to the Relationship Managers on financial crime risks and mitigating factors related to bank and/or PSP customers.
• Co-ordinate activities with various internal stakeholders and support improved processes and procedures.

Who are you

 

We are looking for a diligent person with an eye for detail.  You have an analytical mindset while at the same time being a good administrator. You are organized, efficient, solution oriented and able to work independently in a deadline-driven environment, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver results on time.

 

You collaborate and engage naturally with stakeholders, colleagues and customers with different nationalities and backgrounds. You also have the courage to speak up and ask difficult questions while ensuring great customer experiences at the same time. 

 

Your experience and skills include:

• Fluency in English - written and spoken is a prerequisite. Fluency in other additional languages is highly advantageous.
• Experience from either KYC for large corporates or institutions, preferably correspondent banks.
• Knowledge on PSPs is considered an advantage.
• Strong analytical, administrative, planning and organizing skills.
• Strong reading and writing skills.<