Specialist, Customer Due Diligence, KYC - Malta

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Sliema, Reġjun tal-Lvant
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Financial Services
The Role
The role involves reviewing customer KYC cases for potential money laundering and compliance violations, ensuring adherence to KYC principles, validating documentation, and communicating with customers. It also includes investigating matches generated by screening applications and providing management with AML/CDD issue insights.
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Who We Are:

At OKX, we believe that the future will be reshaped by crypto, and ultimately contribute to every individual's freedom.

OKX is a leading crypto exchange, and the developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications (dApps). OKX is also a trusted brand by hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets. We are safe and reliable, backed by our Proof of Reserves.

Across our multiple offices globally, we are united by our core principles: We Before Me, Do the Right Thing, and Get Things Done. These shared values drive our culture, shape our processes, and foster a friendly, rewarding, and diverse environment for every OK-er.

 

About the Opportunity:

A unique and highly-impactful role at one of the fastest-growing global cryptocurrency exchanges. In this role, you will be working alongside the KYC team and you will be responsible for customer KYC cases that have been identified through our onboarding systems for potential money laundering, terrorist financing, Bank Secrecy Act violations and other AML or fraud related. This individual must have prior know-your-customer and sanctions compliance experience.

 

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Complete comprehensive reviews of incoming customer onboarding cases and ensuring that the application of KYC principles are consistent with the Company’s KYC policy and customer risk assessment.

  • Reviewing KYC documents obtained from the customer, utilising our validation tools and reputable sources to verify the AML documentation.

  • Requesting appropriate CDD/EDD documentation from customers to ensure that the AML onboarding process is complete in line with our AML policies and procedures.

  • Follow up on pending CDD/EDD requests ensuring that communication is issued with the relevant SLA's.

  • Investigating possible matches generated by the scanning application that the Company uses to screen customers against sanctions, PEP's and adverse media news and ensuring the appropriate action is taken.

  • Provide information to management in respect of AML/CDD issues arising.

  • Maintain delivery of a high quality service level to customers and other departments ensuring all queries are dealt with in a professional manner and escalating where appropriate.

  • Support the enhancement of our CDD function and maintain procedures

  • Manage specific projects, which may arise from time to time.

Job Requirements:

  • Completion of tertiary higher education such as Higher Diploma, Degree and onwards.

  • You have two or more years’ experience in AML and CDD/EDD review or in a KYC work domain,

  • You are a ‘team player’ who can work well within the function to deliver a quality service.

  • You have excellent communication and writing skills, and are attentive to details.

  • Excellent command of spoken and written English is required.

Perks & Benefits:

  • Competitive total compensation package.

  • Learning and development programs, and education subsidy for employees' growth and development.

  • Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependents.

  • Wellness and meal allowances.

  • Various team building programs and company events.

  • Wellness and meal allowances.

  • The ability to help shape a new industry.

  • More that we love to tell you along the process!

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The Company
Dublin, Dublin
1,073 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Founded in 2017, OKX is one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency spot and derivatives exchanges. OKX innovatively adopted blockchain technology to reshape the financial ecosystem by offering some of the most diverse and sophisticated products, solutions, and trading tools on the market. Trusted by more than 20 million users in over 180 regions globally, OKX strives to provide an engaging platform that empowers every individual to explore the world of crypto.

In addition to its world-class DeFi exchange, OKX serves its users with OKX Insights, a research arm that is at the cutting edge of the latest trends in the cryptocurrency industry. With its extensive range of crypto products and services, and unwavering commitment to innovation, OKX’s vision is a world of financial access backed by blockchain and the power of decentralized finance.

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