KYC/AML Specialist

Linklaters Italy; Warszawa; Ibrido; PLN 80.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Private medical care

Free in-house fitness centre

Life insurance

Worldwide travel insurance for travel

Benefit Multisport club card or subsid

Wide range of training opportunities

Descrizione del lavoro

Linklaters in Warsaw is hiring a KYC/AML Specialist to manage client due diligence, risk assessments and sanctions screening. You’ll join a global Legal & Risk team collaborating with lawyers and business teams to uphold financial crime compliance.

The role requires 1-2 years’ AML/KYC experience, strong analytical skills, MS Office proficiency, and English at B2 level. Hybrid work includes 2 days in the office weekly, with diverse training and progression opportunities.

Competenze

• 1-2 years’ experience in AML/KYC, CDD and EDD, or compliance, ideally in an international environment.
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word) and comfortable with databases and new systems.
• Communicate confidently in English – min. B2 (Polish or another firm language is an advantage).
• Manage competing priorities and deadlines in a structured, calm way and build strong working relationships.

Mansioni

• Conduct client due diligence end-to-end processes and risk assessments for new and existing clients.
• Identify and assess reputational and financial crime risks.
• Liaise with lawyers on risk, KYC and compliance requirements.
• Support sanctions screening and related reviews.
• Prepare financial crime compliance reports and audit responses.
• Use and help develop our business acceptance systems and tools.

Conoscenze

KYC/AML

CDD/EDD

Compliance

MS Office

English B2

Descrizione del lavoro

For Linklaters Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the KYC / AML Specialist role.

About the team

Join our global Legal & Risk team responsible for managing new business acceptance and financial crime risk. Collaborating with lawyers and business teams worldwide, our team covers client due diligence, risk assessments and sanctions compliance.

You will be responsible for:

• Conducting client due diligence end-to-end processes and risk assessments for new and existing clients.
• Identifying and assessing reputational and financial crime risks.
• Liaising with lawyers on risk, KYC and compliance requirements.
• Supporting sanctions screening and related reviews.
• Preparing financial crime compliance reports and audit responses.
• Using and helping to develop our business acceptance systems and tools.

Apply if you:

• Have one to two years’ experience in AML / KYC, CDD and EDD, or compliance, ideally in an international environment.
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Are proficient in MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word) and comfortable working with databases and new systems.
• Communicate confidently in English – min. B2 (Polish or another firm language is an advantage).
• Manage competing priorities and deadlines in a structured, calm way and build strong working relationships.

Location Warsaw (hybrid model – 2 days in the office per week)

Benefits

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success.

• Private medical care
• Free in-house fitness centre
• Life insurance
• Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel
• Benefit Multisport club card or subsidised travel card
• Wide range of training opportunities

About Linklaters

Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional. We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind‑set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere. We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind‑set. We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Technical Skills

• Business Partner Support
• Client Due Diligence
• Conflict
• Commercial & Reputational Analysis
• Document Management
• Information Security Management
• Legal & Commercial Research
• Legal Advisory
• Records Management
• Risk Analysis

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

This is the place where talent meets opportunity and where passion meets purpose. At Linklaters, the work we do means carving a path through unexplored territory, working on complex legal matters, across jurisdictions and borders and providing outstanding service and confidence to our clients. Having the vision to see things differently and the determination to deliver excellence, every time. That’s what makes us who we are. You can see your true potential connecting with dynamic colleagues all over the world, united by purpose and shared values and working together as one inclusive, collaborative team. With second to none training and support, this is the place where you meet your future. This is Linklaters.

Pre‑engagement screening checks

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we will conduct pre‑engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers. Your offer will be subject to the successful completion of these checks which will be initiated following your consent.

As a responsible business, it is important that we represent the diversity of our people, our clients and our communities. We know that diversity makes us a better law firm and helps us attract the best talent, drive innovation with diversity of thought, and deliver the best experience to everyone who comes into contact with us. We recruit on the basis of merit, irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity, race or ethnicity, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Selection decisions, and the reasons for those decisions, are recorded at each stage of the selection process. Selection criteria and, where appropriate, technical skills tests are in place to measure an individual’s ability for the safe and effective performance of a job. Those involved in recruitment and selection decisions and processes are also provided with guidance on diversity issues. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the selection process, please talk to a member of the recruitment team so that any required adjustments can be made in advance. Specific experience requirements advertised on a role do not intend to preclude applications from candidates who may have more or less experience. Our intention is only to indicate a guideline as to the necessary skills for the role as described.