Senior KYC Analyst & Team Lead - Global Corporate Trust

U.S. Bank; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A global banking institution is seeking a Senior KYC Analyst & Team Lead in the City of Westminster to manage KYC onboarding and compliance. The role involves coordinating due diligence processes and mitigating operational risks while maintaining effective stakeholder relationships. Candidates should have extensive KYC experience and strong communication skills. The organization offers a diverse and dynamic working environment with opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Health and financial security benefits

Career development resources

Qualifications

• 7+ years of previous KYC/Onboarding experience is essential.
• Experience in a Senior KYC Analyst, Team Lead or Project Management position.
• Strong communication skills to interact effectively with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage the KYC onboarding of Corporate Trust transactions.
• Coordinate the due diligence process for approvals.
• Identify and mitigate business risks and operational challenges.

Skills

KYC/Onboarding experience

Banking knowledge

Data entry skills

Communication skills

Risk management

Customer centricity

Collaboration

Computer literacy

Job description

We are currently hiring for a Senior KYC Analyst & Team Lead to join the team on a permanent basis with immediate effect. Responsible for the onboarding of customers in a Trust unit within the organization to meet unit and divisional objectives. Must adhere to unit policies, procedures, and training initiatives to comply with Companies AML, KYC and Sanctions Obligations. Will serve as an expert resource for onboarding and customer due diligence. Involvement with ongoing additional projects, including but not limited to remediation projects and developing the Companies e‑KYC system as required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Responsibility for managing the KYC onboarding of Corporate Trust transactions that are reviewed and closed in the Relationship Management team.
• Co‑ordination of the due diligence process prior to being presented to the Corporate Trust Risk team for approval.
• Identifies business risks and operational challenges and takes steps to mitigate risk and enhance operating systems and processes.
• Knows the customers in the market, understands and responds to needs and expectations of customers, establishes effective working relationships with internal and external customers, resolves problems quickly and effectively and identifies opportunities for improvements.
• Maintains a high level of current knowledge of European Regulation associated with Customer Due Diligence, Enhanced Due Diligence and Sanctions.
• Understands and complies with all U.S. Bancorp policies and procedures and all applicable government regulations.
• Needs to act as initial escalation point for the KYC Team complex KYC questions and issue management (such as constructive challenge on requirements).
• Will be required to liaise with internal stakeholders across the business as well as within Risk and Compliance areas.
• Actively ensures compliance with the U.S. Bank Code of Ethics and all Anti‑Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy Act, information security and suspicious activity reporting requirements, policies and procedures.
• It is the individual responsibility of every employee to maintain a current awareness and understanding of and to fully comply with U.S. Bancorp's "Code of Ethics". Each employee is also expected to maintain an awareness of the laws, regulations, internal policies and procedures that are appropriate for this position.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years previous KYC/Onboarding experience essential.
• Working knowledge of finance and/or banking.
• Knowledge of various corporate customer types (such as regulated financial institutions, special purpose financial vehicles, listed companies and/or funds) and experience with complex customer types.
• Experience in a Senior KYC Analyst, Team Lead or Project Management position (such as a remediation project).
• Strong and accurate data entry skills, reading and comprehension skills; ability to determine information needs and extract required information from multiple source documents.
• Communication: robust written and oral communication skills to interact with internal and external parties via email, in‑person and by phone.
• Risk Mindset: ability to appropriately identify and manage risks, in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and with company policy.
• Customer Centricity & Results‑orientated: balance risk requirements with customer experience to ensure compliance whilst maintaining business relationships.
• Collaboration and engagement: effectively collaborate with key business stakeholders such as relationship managers and sales teams.
• Computer literacy is required.

At U.S. Bank, we're on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often – that’s what we call the courage to thrive. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever‑growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at – all from Day One. As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals – no matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we're building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other.

Our Global Corporate Trust team provides trustee and agency services to market participants, including financial institutions, corporates, lenders and their advisers. We provide trust and agency services across the spectrum of debt capital market and loan market products, and our extensive range of service functions include account bank, agent bank, collateral administrator, custodian, escrow agent, facility agent, paying agent, security agent and trustee, successor trustee and transfer agent.

We offer an exciting, fast‑paced and diverse working environment with employees of many different nationalities. We provide benefits to help you protect your health and financial security; and give you peace of mind. We also invest in your career growth with development resources that give you the opportunity to stretch and shine.