KYC Analyst - Wealth Management - 12 Month contract- Hong Kong

Jobs for Humanity; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 279,000 - 424,000; Full time

Job summary

Robert Walters is recruiting for a KYC Analyst in Wealth Management in Hong Kong on a 12‑month contract. The role focuses on client onboarding, KYC file quality, and regulatory compliance across a global team.

You will perform CDD tasks, liaise with compliance stakeholders, and ensure timely escalation of risks while supporting a high-standard onboarding service for WM APAC.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of relevant working experience
• Strong understanding of account documentation due diligence and local AML requirements
• Understand WM products and customer types preferred
• Fluent in English spoken and written; Mandarin is a plus
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Must possess strong PC skills, especially in Excel

Responsibilities

• Performing various CDD functions in Wealth management
• Ensure and deliver high standard of quality in the KYC files in adherence to the banks policies and procedures
• Ensure all processes executed during the final overview of the KYC files are delivered per predefined SLA
• Liaise with Compliance relationship managers and other senior stakeholders for KYC approval
• Arrange prepare document and facilitate CAC eCAC towards the final approval for the KYC file
• Ensure timely escalation and own proposed course of actions to line management to address identified risks and blocking points during such processes
• Develop a good understanding of the overall KYC operations process and act as a subject matter expert to support the team
• Embrace continuous changes and challenges handle various initiatives

Skills

KYC knowledge

AML compliance

Excel skills

Mandarin a plus

English fluency

Communication skills

Risk awareness

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Team player

Job description

KYC Analyst - Wealth Management - 12 Month contract- Hong Kong

• Contract
• Company: Robert Walters

THE COMPANY

Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

Our Outsourcing service delivers recruitment for some of the world’s top employers, and we are currently recruiting on behalf of one our client which is the is a French multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It has a presence in 65 countries, with close to 190,000 employees. It is the largest banking group in Europe, and the ninth-largest banking group in the world (by assets). It was ranked as the 33rd largest public company in the world.

Position purpose:

Client On-Boarding team's objective is to be the sole interface for new clients for standard sensitive accounts. The goal, for this team, is to ensure a global and consistent "first service" is rendered to the clients.

This team will be working around 3 main themes: Prioritization of on-boarding, Coordination of the whole process (Risk, Legal and Systems) and production of the Legal documentation and KYC (Collection, Completeness, Conformity and Analysis. The team is also in charge of the regular review process for standard sensitive accounts. The team must work as "one team" to ensure a cutting edge on-boarding service to clients and work closely with major functions as well as FO/Markets. Overall, through a dedicated on-boarding team and a single point of contact, the team is responsible for client satisfaction with respect to on-boarding. To facilitate and provide a complete transversal on-boarding service to WM APAC. Producing client risk assessments, client profiles, and due diligence analyses. Providing feedback and escalating issues to the appropriate support functions and management.

Key responsibilities:

• Performing various CDD functions in Wealth management
• Ensure and deliver high standard of quality in the KYC files in adherence to the banks policies and procedures.
• Ensure all processes executed during the final overview of the KYC files are delivered per predefined SLA.
• Liaise with Compliance relationship managers and other senior stakeholders for KYC approval.
• Arrange prepare document and facilitate CAC eCAC towards the final approval for the KYC file.
• Ensure timely escalation and own proposed course of actions to line management to address identified risks and blocking points during such processes.
• Develop a good understanding of the overall KYC operations process and act as a subject matter expert to support the team.
• Embrace continuous changes and challenges handle various initiatives.

Requirements/ Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year of relevant working experience
• Strong understanding of account documentation due diligence and local Anti-Money Laundering requirements
• Understand the principles and be familiar with WM products and types of customers preferred
• Fluent in English spoken and written, good command in Mandarin is a plus
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Must possess strong fundamental and technical skills awareness of operational risk
• Excellent PC skills especially in Excel
• Team player independent hardworking eager to learn an attention to details
• Client oriented and high adaptability to changing environment Able to work under pressure and deal with unclear requests as well as a high volume of requests
• Strong analytical and strong risk sense.

We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.

Client promotes collaboration and aims to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.

As we are continuously hiring for all our clients in the region, we will retain your CV in our database for any other positions that may fit your profile. Therefore, please let us know if you are not agreeable to that.