KYC Specialist London, England
Job description
BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and a key player in international banking. We operate in 65 countries and employ 190,000 people, including nearly 145,000 in Europe. Our Group holds key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services; Investment & Protection Services; and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) for corporate and institutional clients.
Our Securities Services business, which forms part of CIB, is a leading global custodian providing specialist post-trade and asset servicing solutions to buy and sell-side market participants, corporates and issuers. Based in 35 locations around the world, our award-winning Securities Services teams have built one of the most extensive custody network in the industry, giving clients the connectivity and local knowledge they need to navigate change in a fast-changing world.
BNP Paribas CIB , Securities Services provides a wide range of asset servicing, outsourcing, custody, reporting and associated services to a broad range of different client types including asset managers, alternative asset managers, pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, banks, broker dealers and corporates. These relationships are often complex and may involve multiple locations across Securities Services including UK, Luxembourg, Channel Islands, Ireland, US, Singapore and Australia. Furthermore, clients in the UK are often early adopters of many of our new products.
The purpose of this role is to support the business in ensuring full adherence to the BNPP Group and UK KYC and related Financial Security frameworks are fully applied and to closely monitor the service levels delivered by the centralised KYC teams. The role will also support the permanent control framework within Client Development (sales, client relationship and client service) by maintaining the local control plan and overseeing completion of 1LoD controls.
- Client onboarding/offboarding: the provision of a coordinated approach across all the KYC functions, completion to provide lead time in line with the client expectations, monitoring and timely escalation where necessary.
- For recertification: ensure alignment of the process with internal and global stakeholders, effective document collection, coordinated and monitored completion of the KYC Operational processes to ensure zero overdue files are reported.
- For KYC Reliance and Passporting processes, facilitate connection with the other KYC sites stakeholder to make sure their specifications are taken into account and ensure UK requirements are adhered to in other locations as necessary.
- Handle KYC related inquiries quickly to reduce any delay and/or loss of business
- The role will also support the permanent control framework within Client Development by maintaining the local control plan and overseeing completion of 1LoD controls
- Support the permanent control framework within Client Development by maintaining the local control plan and overseeing completion of 1LoD controls.
- Lead and coordinate the annual RCSA review on behalf of Client Development
- Own the management of Conflicts of Interest impacting the Client Development business unit, ensuring compliance with local and group procedures and supporting Client Development staff in identification and management of potential / new conflicts of interest.
- Be an advocate for a strong culture of risk management and quality control within Client Development.
- Support the review, design and implementation of new controls, as required.
- Coordinate the whole KYC process of onboarding / recertification / trigger events & business extension, from the request initiation to KYC validation
- Ensure timely escalation in case of blocks and facilitate resolution actions to address identified risks and blocking points during such processes
- Oversee internal teams involved in KYC process and ensure defined KPIs are met (incl. lead time)
- Facilitate connection with secondary sites stakeholder (if necessary) to make sure their specificities are taken into account and provide help to primary site Senior KYC Officer during validation coordination with other sites
- Act as the correspondent between the client, business and other internal functions all along the KYC process
- Foster a client centric approach with internal and external clients.
- Provide a client centric input to continuous process reviews and focus on effective provision of end-to-end processes to our clients (internal and external).
- Member of the CIB Country Client Support Committee (CCSC)
The Requirements
- Previous experience of successfully co-ordinating a number of stakeholders to ensure improved KYC and control process coordination
- Experience in finance or banking related industry
- Ability to demonstrate a sound knowledge of KYC process (including on-/offboarding processes and ongoing maintenance such as KYC recertification)
- Demonstrable experience in a client relationship role or in client-facing role with pre-requisite competencies is preferable
- Ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of the client life-cycle across multiple business lines – Corporate and Institutional sectors
- Fluent in English
- Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
Equal Opportunities
BNP Paribas promotes equality of opportunity and is committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
As an employee with BNP Paribas, we want to make sure that you are rewarded for your commitment. As such, you will be entitled to our award winning benefits package which includes a generous holiday allowance of at least 34 days (including bank holidays), a non-contributory pension of 12%, private healthcare, GP service and dental cover all as standard, along with a number of personal insurances such as income protection, life assurance and personal accident insurance. We believe in ensuring all our employees have a positive work life balance so in addition you will also have access to a variety of flexible lifestyle benefits such as cycle to work and green car leasing schemes, season ticket loans and reduced cinema and gym membership to name a few.
