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Job Description

Summary:

The role involves being a core part of the compliance operational team at onboarding. It entails performing KYC, CDD & EDD on new corporate and individual customers & assessing the risks presented against the Currencycloud risk appetite in each case.

Roles & Responsibilities - more details:

• Conduct a review of clients' applications at the point of onboarding
• Assess and carry out appropriate customer due diligence (CDD) and know-your-customer (KYC) on new clients
• Conduct sanction/PEP screening and investigate potential hits
• Provide good client experience to stakeholders - being part of a smooth customer journey
• Undertake assigned Compliance project work
• Proactively escalate urgent cases to management for further review

Reporting line:

This role will report to the onboarding manager.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 years of relevant experience.
• Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school.
• Current member in good standing of a State Bar with the ability to become barred or a registered in-house counsel in the state where this role is located.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 2 year's experience in a compliance function
• University degree in business, maths or sciences / equivalent
• What skills are required:
• Good business acumen - leveraging this to weigh up risks presented in each case
• Highly analytical - using presented evidence / data to form an assessment on the risk
• Excellent written communication - leveraging this to work with stakeholders and problem solve each case to deliver correct outcomes
• Team player who enjoys learning new things, sharing knowledge and working with others to form correct outcomes on new applications
• Being accountable and taking ownership of client applications from start to finish

Visa is an EEO Employer

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.