Manager, Client and Engagement Acceptance

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KPMG is currently seeking a Manager, Client and Engagement Acceptance to join our Client and Engagement Acceptance Transformation Enablement organization.

Responsibilities:

• Establish strong professional relationships with central team members through meetings or interactions; engage with stakeholders with respect to delivery, service line agreements (SLAs), executing expedited requests
• Use databases effectively which includes corporate registries, company websites, regulatory websites, stock exchanges, litigation databases, and news aggregators
• Assess, analyze, and document the Know Your Client screening results; work on complex and enhanced due diligence requests, ensuring quality; perform quality reviews for other analysts
• Undertake projects independently or support larger assignments while reporting to a supervisor
• Play active role in stabilizing the new process and implement continuous improvements of procedures, process, and workflow
• Support managing queries and escalation from day-to-day work
  
  

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of recent experience with client/third party risk assessments and/or anti money laundering
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university or relevant work experience
• Advanced understanding of adverse/negative media, Politically Exposed Persons or other similar designations, jurisdiction risk and industry risk; thorough understanding of high-risk or sanctioned countries (Know Your Client activities)
• Ability to execute due diligence requests and display decisiveness in resolving grey areas; able to motivate and influence others to work towards the firm's goals and thrive in a dynamic environment; must be able to prioritize, delegate and foster the development of high-performance teams to lead/support an environment driven by customer service and teamwork
• Proficient in Anti Money Laundering or Anti-Bribery Corruption (ABC) domain would be an added advantage
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, with ability to effectively interact with individuals at all levels of responsibility and authority; strong trouble-shooting and organizational skills; skilled in working on multiple projects simultaneously and participating in resource planning processes based on defined organizational plans
  
  

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