Job Description

About Citco

For over 70 years the Citco Group of Companies (“Citco”) has provided specialist financial services to the alternative investment industry (e.g., Hedge Funds, Private Equity Fund, Real Estate Funds, etc.), investors, multinationals and private clients worldwide. With over $1.8 trillion in assets under administration, and 12,000 employees in 80 offices, we pioneer innovative solutions that meet our clients’ evolving needs, and deliver exceptional service. As a highly-respected name in our industry, Citco is known as both a high-quality service provider and a forward-thinking partner. The founding family still runs Citco and the company continues to provide a broad range of financial services to our clients worldwide. True to our founding principles, we tailor our solutions to our clients’ needs, continually investing in our people and systems to deliver the highest-quality solutions.

The Client Lifecycle Management (“CLM”) Europe team is part of the Citco Group of companies (“Citco”) and is responsible for the onboarding and ongoing due diligence of Citco Banking and Fund Administration clients in accordance with anti-money laundering (“AML”) and know your customer (KYC) regulations. The main objective of the CLM Europe team is to protect Citco and the Financial Industry for being used for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes.

For more information about Citco, please visit www.citco.com

What we offer

We offer you an exciting role as CLM Senior (KYC) specialist within the CLM Europe team. The CLM (KYC) Specialist is responsible for conducting customer due diligence (including a risk assessment) at onboarding, and ongoing due diligence and maintenance during the customers’ life cycle in accordance with Citco’s policies and procedures. Furthermore, you will be first point of contact for questions from CLM Specialists and may be involved in providing training for other CLM staff. For the Client Lifecycle Management processes, Citco is using the industry best practice CLM software “Fen-X” from Fenergo Limited. You will work in a dynamic team based in Europe for an industry leader within its field with plenty of career opportunities. We are looking forward working with you!

Your Role:

As part of your main duties and responsibilities, you will (not exhaustive):

• Collect, validate, verify, analyze and process customer due diligence documentation and information in accordance with Citco’s ML/TF policy and procedures;
• Review and analyze customer and related parties scanning results;
• Support CLM (KYC) Specialists based on your expert knowledge;
• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders (e.g., Supervisor, Relationship Managers, etc.) and timely respond to (follow up on) emails or telephone requests;
• Timely follow up on pending items to meet internal service level agreement (SLA) deadlines;
• Timely report and escalate non-conformities to your Supervisor;
• Participate in specific projects which may rise from time to time;
• Participate in Citco’s training program;
• Have a good understanding of (and adhere to) Citco’s policies, procedures and systems.

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree;
• At least 2 years of experience in KYC/AML and client due diligence reviews, preferable in the offshore sector or fund industry;
• Good communication skills in English, both verbal and written;
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills;
• Good knowledge of Microsoft office applications (e.g., Excel, Word);
• Team player;
• Ability to assimilate the requirements of the role quickly and eagerness to learn;
• Knowledge of the alternative investment and financial industry is an advantage.

Our Benefits

Your well being is of paramount importance to us, and central to our success. We provide a range of benefits, training and education support, and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve success in your career while balancing personal needs. Ask us about specific benefits in your location.

We embrace diversity, prioritizing the hiring of people from diverse backgrounds. Our inclusive culture is a source of pride and strength, fostering innovation and mutual respect.

Citco welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection.