Legal Expert KYC

ING Group; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 80.000 - 100.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Amsterdam is seeking a Legal Expert KYC to provide advisory support regarding KYC and AML regulations. Candidates should possess a Dutch law degree and have 2 to 5 years of relevant experience in financial institutions or law firms. The role offers a tailored salary, hybrid working options, and a supportive environment for personal growth.

Benefits

25-28 vacation days

Pension scheme

13th month salary

8% Holiday payment

Personal growth opportunities

Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years of relevant working experience within a financial institution, supervisor, or law firm.
• Demonstrable affinity with financial law and banking.
• Knowledge and/or experience with KYC is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Advise on KYC/AML/CFT risks in customer files.
• Handle customer complaints and monitor legal developments.
• Support legal proceedings in court and at Kifid.

Skills

Knowledge of financial law

Proficiency in English

Customer-oriented approach

Analytical skills

Education

Dutch University degree in Law

Job description

Overview

As a Legal Expert KYC, you will advise and support the KYC Center within ING Netherlands (ING NL) with a focus on Know Your Customer/ Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions (KYC /AML/CFT). Your work will include tasks such as advising on KYC/ AML/CFT risks in customer files, handling customer complaints, monitoring relevant legal developments, answering day-to-day legal questions and advise on or support legal proceedings in court and at Kifid (Dutch Institute for Financial Disputes).

This is the perfect position for candidates with a legal background who want to take their first steps in a legal department.

Organization

Tribe Legal Netherlands
As a Legal Expert, you are part of Legal NL, a legal department that advises on many different product areas, such as payments, mortgages, consumer loans, business lending, private banking, restructuring and investments. Other areas of focus within the department include privacy, ESG and digitalization. Tribe Legal NL is part of a network of more than 500 ING lawyers working across the globe which allows us to share expertise, best practices, relevant developments in case law and more.

Within Tribe Legal NL you will be part of the Chapter Bank & Payments, one of the four Chapters within Legal NL. This Chapter has KYC/CDD/AML, Fraud, Payments and Daily Banking as its key focus areas. For your daily work, you are part of one of the six Squads of the Tribe Legal NL. We work together closely, challenge colleagues and share knowledge with each other by both informal and formal means. In this way we can benefit as much as possible from shared knowledge and experience, lessons learned and best practices.

Legal NL is an inspiring working environment in the middle of the continuously changing world of ING. You act as a 'spider in the web’ when it comes to working with the business departments that rapidly change our customer journeys and make them more digital, sustainable and customer friendly. We want to ensure that our customers are best served; ING can rightfully call itself the most digital bank in the Netherlands and we serve our vision: Sustainable progress for all.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

Qualifications

• You have a Dutch University degree in Law
• Dutch native speaker and proficient in English (both in writing and verbally)
• You have 2 to 5 years of relevant working experience within a financial institution, a supervisor and/or a law firm
• You have a demonstrable affinity with financial law and banking
• Knowledge and/or experience with KYC is a plus
• You are proactive, enthusiastic, customer-oriented, pragmatic, flexible, analytical, and a real team player

Rewards and benefits

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life.

• A salary tailored to your experience in scale 9 or 10 (depending on experience)
• 25-28 vacation days depending on contract
• Pension scheme
• 13th month salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Hybrid working
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

About us

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Questions?

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