Analyst - KYC [T500-22279]

About Us:

MUFG Bank, Ltd. is Japan’s premier bank, with a global network spanning in more than 40 markets. Outside of Japan, the bank offers an extensive scope of commercial and investment banking products and services to businesses, governments, and individuals worldwide. MUFG Bank’s parent, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, the Group has about 120,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to be the world’s most trusted financial group through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges.

MUFG Global Service Private Limited:

Established in 2020, MUFG Global Service Private Limited (MGS) is 100% subsidiary of MUFG having offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai. MGS India has been set up as a Global Capability Centre / Centre of Excellence to provide support services across various functions such as IT, KYC/ AML, Credit, Operations etc. to MUFG Bank offices globally. MGS India has plans to significantly ramp-up its growth over the next 18-24 months while servicing MUFG’s global network across Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.

About the Role:

Position Title: Analyst

Corporate Title: Analyst

Reporting to: Assistant Vice President or Vice President

Location: Bangalore

Job Profile:

Position Detail:

This individual will be responsible for conducting periodic KYC reviews/New Business Onboarding/Ad-hoc review for all MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities booking to EMEA region such as Dubai, Milan, Paris, London etc., these are primary Financial Institution, Banks, Corporates customers etc. (existing or new business relationships). The role will require to perform customer Due Diligence based on the required regulatory standards, including, Screening (Bribery, Corruption, Adverse Media & Sanctions), Regulatory classification and other suitability assessments like risk and enhance due diligence based on scenario.

The individual will work under MGS leadership to ensure effective and time bound due diligence is completed on cases within required SLA.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Individual will be responsible to conduct Know Your Customer (“KYC”) Operations services including Customer Due Diligence (“CDD”) for New to Bank or Existing Clients based on standard operating procedures (“SOP”), Operating manuals (“OM”) as defined by the local, regional, and global FC Teams.

These responsibilities include, but are not limited to providing support in conducting, the items listed below as per SOPs and may be amended from time to time:

• Customer Due Diligence (“CDD”) and Enhanced Due Diligence (“EDD”) profile production for Head Office and other Global branches for various Client types - Financial institution/Bank/Correspondent Banks/NBFI are critical.
• Checking client information through publicly / internally available sources which ae sourced by analyst.
• Prepare & check the KYC questionnaire, emails or calls with Client for outreach process
• Checking screening performed by analyst in accordance with Bank policy and escalate true hits to Adverse Findings
• Complete & review CDD and EDD profiles to a pre-determined review schedule in a timely manner
• Assist the business where changes occur to existing customer profiles, by taking appropriate actions (i.e., Event Driven Reviews, administrative triggers, escalations)
• Complete relevant Identification, Verification and Bribery/Corruption check for prospective transactions for existing or new to bank Clients to identify potential reputational, business, PEP (Politically Exposed person) , adverse media hits and Sanction risks etc.
• Liaise and connect directly with Clients, Sales, Relationship Manager, onshore teams and Local Account Officer within Client management and KYC teams and assist where appropriate.
• Timely and proactive escalation and resolution of issues, working closely with local and regional management.
• Drive to build knowledge within the Anti-Money Laundering sector and to understand the rationale for underlying policy requirements.
• Assist other members of the team and work on ad hoc projects where necessary

Job Requirements:

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Functional / Technical Competencies:

• Strong KYC end to end knowledge for Low, Medium and High-risk clients
• STRONG Communication skills both WRITTEN and VERBAL to interact with Clients/RMs/Sales/Front offic e from New Business Onboarding side and other stakeholders
• To be able to operate and navigate independently in a demanding environment of New Business Onboarding
• Attention to detail is essential
• Technical knowledge of various Client types & their structure such as Financial Institution, Corporates, Bank, Foundations, Trust, Charity, Joint ventures and Special Purpose Vehicle etc.

Work Experience:

• Person should have a bachelor’s degree in any stream, any certification/diploma in AML/KYC domain would be an added advantage.
• 2 to 4 years’ experience in AML Compliance & KYC preferably within the financial services industry with experience conducting EDD on foreign financial institutions.
• Experience reviewing comprehensive documents like complex ownership structures and Wolfsberg Questionnaires, various organizational documents like MOA/AOA COI etc.
• Strong working knowledge of AML/Sanctions laws and regulations relative to money laundering and terrorist financing and the ability to apply this knowledge in assessing transaction activity and customer profiles.
• Must be able to multi-task, adapt well to changing priorities, and effectively prioritize workflow to meet critical deadlines.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills a must.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding environment and must work well under pressure.
• The ability and willingness to work both independently and in a team, environment is required.
• Maintains effective working relationships with key business partners.
• Familiarity with Actimize and other financial crime, risk and compliance applications would be preferred.
• Effective Internet and research skills and usage of third-party tools.
• Decent knowledge in Microsoft Excel/word.
• Degree and AML related certifications preferred or equivalent work experience.