Job Description

About Thunes

Thunes is the Smart Superhighway for money movement around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies. Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, via more than 350 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more.

Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks. Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house Smart Treasury Management Platform and Fortress Compliance Infrastructure, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivalled speed, control, visibility, protection and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments globally. Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 12 locations, including Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Shanghai. For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/

Context of the role

Reporting to the ODD Team Lead, the KYC Officer, will partner with Legal, Sales and Product team members situated in Manila to onboard and control Payment Service Providers, Banks, and other regulated and non-regulated companies across the globe.

This role provides an exciting opportunity to work on an international stage, alongside household names, and join a rapidly growing FinTech company making a real impact on the lives of people in developed and emerging markets alike.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct Know Your Customer analysis, including the following:
• Research through government official records, vendor database as well as independent and reliable public sources on information of customers, its connected parties and ownership structure
• Perform screening on customers, its connected parties and beneficial owners to identify and adverse media (including sanctions) and PEP hits
• Analyse historical transactions of existing customers to identify additional risks posed to the firm
• Communicate with clients and account managers on the outstanding items post gap analysis
• Participate in different projects under the supervision of the Manager

Professional Experience/Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years of practical end-to-end KYC (including screening) experience on corporate and bank customers
• Professional/native level in English in terms of writing and speaking (Other language skills are a plus but not mandatory)
• Comfortable in liaising with internal and external stakeholders (including auditors)
• Comfortable with ambiguity in terms of process and procedures
• Proactive, positive, independent, willing to get himself/herself dirty and a quick learner
• Relevant compliance certifications such as CAMS and/or ICA
• Previous experience working in FinTech or Payments industry is a plus
• Experience and comfortable with formulas, dashboards such as Tableau for reporting purposes is a plus