What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead KYC Analyst position at This is an IT support group?
Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data - globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce, and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure - including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar - helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.
What you'll be part of :
Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success, and our employees live by our company values : Multistakeholder, Mindfulness, Driven by Excellence, and High Integrity. Circlers are consistently evolving in a remote world where strength in numbers fuels team success. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.
What you'll be responsible for :
Circle is looking for a Lead Analyst, Know Your Customer (KYC) to join its Compliance Operations team and conduct complex reviews and projects in Circle's KYC team. The Lead Analyst is responsible for conducting specialized diligence reviews for customer onboarding, including enhanced due diligence, and ongoing periodic reviews. You'll operate at the intersection of some of the most innovative products and customers and support Circle's efforts to ensure the safety of its platform through in-depth customer investigations and continuous monitoring of various threat vectors across the KYC landscape.
What you'll work on :
- Conducting detailed assessments of complex customers for risk of money laundering, financial crimes and terrorist financing through thorough review and enhanced due diligence, including review of negative news and nature of business.
- Ongoing monitoring of customers, including counterparty compliance calls, assessing of transactional activity, collecting and testing samples of customer files.
- Partnering with key internal stakeholders including business teams and other control functions to monitor client relationships on an ongoing basis and ensure compliance with regulatory expectations.
- Recommending appropriate risk-based business actions to be taken to onboard customers and / or for ongoing monitoring.
- Completing written reports of findings, including comprehensive details, narratives, and recommendations.
- Identifying risk appetite of customers and taking appropriate decisions of onboarding / rejecting the customer.
- Recommending courses of action to management based on an analysis of the findings.
- Ensuring the highest standards of documentation and quality in the execution of onboarding and periodic review processes.
- Closely following regulatory, compliance, and enforcement developments in the cryptocurrency industry to ensure processes are kept up to date.
You will aspire to our four core values :
What you'll bring to Circle :
Additional Information :
Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages. Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs.
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