Roles & Responsibilities
Third Party Due Diligence Specialist performs due diligence on third parties, demonstrates sufficient knowledge of third party due diligence and screening area, has developed expertise in the process operation; is able to complete assigned tasks in a timely manner and delivers outputs meeting quality expectations, identifying issues and improvement opportunities. Requires some level of supervision and support.
Job Overview
Third Party Due Diligence Specialist performs due diligence on third parties, demonstrates sufficient knowledge of third party due diligence and screening area, has developed expertise in the process operation; is able to complete assigned tasks in a timely manner and delivers outputs meeting quality expectations, identifying issues and improvement opportunities. Requires some level of supervision and support.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Consistently meets deadlines when it comes to assigned due diligence tasks.
- Demonstrates high quality when performing due diligence analysis such as gathering and analyzing internal and external documentation such as business contracts, corporate registry details, annual reports, etc., analyzing potential hits, preparing due diligence reports.
- Effectively handles internal and external queries pertaining to due diligence on third parties.
- Actively participates in the development of third party due diligence process through, e.g., testing new screening and due diligence tools, drafting and updating instructions and process maps, developing process controls, enhancing KPIs.
- Prepares daily and ad-hoc reporting from due diligence activities.
- Ensures process-related documentation in prepared and maintained in accordance with the standards set forth in the relevant policies and procedures.
- Participates in process’ improvement initiatives.
- Complies with company’s policies and procedures.
- Proactively identifies areas of risk and process gaps and works with other team members on solutions.
Requirements
System Expertise
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) required.
- Knowledge of screening systems required (e.g. World-Check, Lexis-Nexis or others).
- Knowledge of third party due diligence systems such as Dow Jones will be an asset.
- Knowledge of SAP system will be an asset.
Language Skills
- Very good knowledge of English (written and oral) required.
- Knowledge of Mandarin, Japanese, Thai, Korean or any other foreign language will be an asset.
Job Experience
- Relevant experience in due diligence required (AML / KYC or third party due diligence).
- Experience in working for a global corporation.
- Compliance experience is preferred.
Action Orientation
- Pro-activeness, improvements driver, problem solver. Ability to work under pressure and toward deadlines.
- Demonstrates curiosity to learn and properly executes the job requirement.
Problem Solving
- Uses analysis, experience, and logical methods to propose solutions for business issues; appropriately incorporates multiple inputs to establish shared ownership and effective action.
Customer Centric
- Understands and consistently meets customer requirements, taking all steps to go beyond expectations, pursuing customer satisfaction.
Team Player
- Works and collaborates effectively to achieve quality results.
- Recognizes the need for diverse perspectives to reach a common goal.
- Acts as one team.
Analytical Skills
- Identifies and analyzes large sets of information to extract key data to solve issues or make decisions.
- Apply logical and critical thinking to solve both complex and simple problems.
Key Skills
- due diligence analysis
- Business Intelligence
- Corporate Governance
- LexisNexis
- Risk Assessment
- Investigation
- Contract Management
- Risk Management
- Microsoft Office 365
- Procurement
- SAP
- AML
- Operational Risk
- KYC
- Screening
- Audit