KYC Analyst – Private Banking (6 months contract

Location:Singapore (Work from Office)

Type:6 months Contract

Vertical:Financial Markets / Wealth Management

Experience: 1+ years (Open to both junior and senior candidates. Salarybenchmarked to experience)

As a member of the KYC/AML Specialist team, you will serve as akey liaison between client relationship teams and AML Refresh Operations,ensuring end-to-end management of
client periodic reviews
forthe Private Banking and Private Wealth Management business line.

• Periodic Reviews & Remediation: Manage the end-to-end Periodic KYC Review (PKR) lifecycle for high-risk and complex accounts. Address backlogs and volumesurges, drive targeted remediation exercises, and process trigger events incompliance with MAS and HKMA regulatory standards.
• Source of Wealth (SoW) & Risk Assessment: Analyze complex ownership structures (trusts,foundations, SPVs, and offshore entities). Evaluate and reconstruct historical
  
  Source of Wealth (SoW) and Source of Funds (SoF) narratives, gathercorroborating documentary evidence, and draft clear risk-mitigation rationalefor Compliance approval.
• Front-Office & Stakeholder Liaison: Serve as a dedicated KYC Subject Matter Expert(SME) for Client Advisors (CAs) and Market Team Heads. Guide relationship teamsthrough CDD requirements, explain policy rationale, track pending
• documentation.and resolve compliance escalations to ensure timely case closure.
• Screening & Due Diligence Validation: Perform Sanctions, PEP, and Adverse Mediascreening using industry tools (e.g., Factiva, Lexis Nexis). Validate incomingclient documentation for completeness and secure necessary sign-offs from Business and Compliance stakeholders.
• Pipeline Tracking & Process Optimisation: Track and report on annual refresh populations andoutstanding remediation files in partnership with coverage teams. Identify workflow bottlenecks and recommend process improvements to enhance operational efficiency, accuracy, and automation.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a banking / finance with a Minimum of 1 plus years of hands-on experience in KYC operations, specifically within Private Banking or Private Wealth Management
• Strong KYC/AML expertise, with experience in AML CDD policy standards and industry practices in AML CDD
• Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across teams and communicate with colleagues at various levels
• Proficient in using KYC-related platforms and tools (e.g., CAWB, CBD, App Suite, Cosima, Factiva, Lexis Nexis), with a strong willingness to adapt to new technologies and systems
• Understanding of the operational aspects of products and services used by Banking clients