Global KYC Specialist – FinTech & Payments

Thunes; Manila; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Thunes in Manila seeks a KYC Officer to partner with Legal, Sales and Product to onboard and monitor Payment Service Providers, Banks and other regulated and non-regulated companies globally.

You will conduct Know Your Customer analyses, perform sanctions/PEP screening, review ownership structures and historical transactions, and support the regulatory compliance program in a fast-growing fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of end-to-end KYC experience with a focus on corporate and bank customers.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or professional compliance qualification (e.g., ICA, ACAMS, CFE).
• Experience in using name screening tools such as World-Check.
• Demonstrated expertise in risk and regulatory compliance from a financially regulated company.
• Good understanding of payment products and corporate organizational structures.
• Strong internal and external stakeholder management skills and comfort liaising with both.
• Ability to work under pressure, manage own workload, and handle process ambiguity.
• Passionate about technology and start-ups; FinTech/payments experience a plus.
• Professional/native level fluency in English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Conduct Know Your Customer analyses.
• Research government official records, vendor databases, and public sources on customers and ownership structure.
• Perform screening on new customers and owners to identify sanctions and PEP hits.
• Analyse historical transactions of existing customers to identify risks.
• Communicate with clients and account managers on outstanding items post gap analysis.
• Participate in different projects under the supervision of the Manager.

Skills

KYC

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

English fluency

FinTech knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

ACAMS/ICA/CFE

Tools

World-Check

Job description

Thunes in Manila seeks a KYC Officer to partner with Legal, Sales and Product to onboard and monitor Payment Service Providers, Banks and other regulated and non-regulated companies globally.

You will conduct Know Your Customer analyses, perform sanctions/PEP screening, review ownership structures and historical transactions, and support the regulatory compliance program in a fast-growing fintech environment.