Position: Compliance specialist/KYC analyst
Company: Luxoft
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper

**About the client:** Our client is a UK subsidiary of a global financial house working in multiple markets and asset classes. We have been working with this client on a number of IT projects for several years.

**Our team:** Rapidly expanding group in Kyiv providing IT and other business services to the client.

**Opportunities:** The role opens possibilities for working directly with client representatives, expanding technical and business knowledge, developing consultancy / soft skills, career growth.

**Responsibilities:**
Following client procedures, the KYC analyst will undertake:
- Client system searches collating the customer information held and what needs updating by conducting a gap analysis (e.g. current ownership, persons in control, business activity, products held / utilised, regulated status, active status;
- Filling in as many gaps as possible from obtaining information from approved public sources;
- Send out to the Front office contacts the list of information that cannot be sourced that they will need to answer or reach out to the customer for updated information;
- Analysing the returned data for gaps / irregularities;
- Analyse past customer transactions - is it in line with the expected / proportionate to the customer?
- Conduct screening of key persons / customer for sanctions, PEPs and adverse media. Analyse results, disposition where needed, escalate where risk identified;
- Update the customer risk assessment on the information obtained based on country / products / client type / industry sector / risk appetite (PEP / sanctions etc lists;
- Build the customer file in a client internal system;
- Get approval of acceptance of the relationship from FO;
- High risk cases get approved from the Financial Crime Compliance team;
- Update status trackers.

**Mandatory Skills:**
Higher education in finance, economics, banking or legal area.
Ability to communicate verbally with client in English: written/spoken English on upper-intermediate level or higher.
At least 2 years of experience in compliance, financial monitoring or similar.
Excellent MS Office skills.
Process oriented, attentive to details.
Ability to work on multiple cases at once / maintain a healthy WIP.
Team player.

Nice-to-Have Skills: Experience with document workflow or issue tracking systems