Job Description
Role Description
The KYC Analyst will be responsible for conducting KYC due diligence reviews of Gunvor’s counterparties – whether at onboarding or as part of periodic review. This includes:
- Collecting and reviewing documents to establish counterparty legitimacy
- Identifying ownership
- Screening/reviewing adverse media
- Analyzing counterparty profiles and risks
- Developing risk assessments
- Identifying where escalation to the senior Anti-Bribery and Corruption compliance officer team is necessary and appropriate
Main Responsibilities:
- Perform risk-based KYC due diligence reviews of the Company’s business counterparties and as needed other third-party partners – either at onboarding or as part of periodic reviews.
- Screen/research counterparties and related individuals to identify, review, and assess adverse media and risk – including risk related to AML, ABC, sanctions, sustainability, human rights, financial crime, and other reputational risks.
- Review, analyze, and assess KYC documentation collected from third-party sources and/or directly from external counterparties.
- Review and analyze KYC due diligence information collected from counterparties to establish KYC information summary and risk assess the counterparty.
- Clearly document counterparty summaries and risk assessments.
- Identify appropriate cases to escalate to senior ABC Team for enhanced due diligence review/decisioning.
- Liaise with internal stakeholders and external counterparties to clearly communicate KYC due diligence process, requests, support needs, and findings, as appropriate.
- Review ongoing counterparty screenings and review, assess, and escalate – as appropriate – any relevant findings.
- Ensure and promote adherence to Company’s policies and procedures governing third-party management and general ABC/AML and Sanctions control frameworks.
- Maintain Counterparty data – including documentation, KYC summaries, risk assessments, ownership information, and related counterparty networks - through the full commercial relationship lifecycle, ensuring information in counterparty management system is accurate, complete, and adheres to documentation standards.
Qualifications
- University degree (e.g. law, economics, criminal justice, or other)
- Compliance/KYC certifications are a plus
- 2-5 years of prior KYC due diligence experience (or other related compliance experience), ideally in the commodity trading or energy industry
- Knowledge of ABC/AML compliance and sanctions risk is a distinct advantage
- Prior experience risk assessing high risk counterparties is a plus
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills
- Attention to detail
- Excellent sense of judgment
- Ability to perform in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Clear and concise written and oral communication skills
- Problem-solving ability – able to assess risk and propose appropriate risk mitigation strategies to address risk factors identified as part of the KYC due diligence reviews and screening
- Proactive and solutions-oriented
- Process driven and goal oriented
- Fluent in English, written and oral (Fluency in other languages is a plus)
- Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team, willing to take initiative to support the Company’s counterparty onboarding and review needs
- Comfort working as part of a remote team (with management located in a different office)
- Knowledge of common Microsoft office software
Benefits
- If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
- Our people make all the difference in our success.
Job Tags
Full time, Work at office, Remote work