Job Description

At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.

Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.

About the department

Putting our clients at the centre of everything we do applies to all our practices. We need to ensure that we have a smooth client onboarding, as well as a robust on-going governance, particularly when it comes to client due diligence and management of risk.

With a focus on strengthening oversight and control of these activities, as well as transforming our end-to-end approach for Clients, a Client Risk and Governance team has been created, reporting to the Chief Client Officer within Client Group.
 

About the role

As the KYC Operations Analyst you will get the opportunity to be a part of the Investment Business First line of defence (1LOD). You will get to be responsible for reviewing and assuring the accuracy of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) due diligence information gathered as part of client and asset onboarding & subsequent refresh reviews.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsibility for conducting timely client onboarding, periodical review and ad hoc tasks with regards to Know Your Client (KYC)/AML as well as Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)/Customer Due Diligence (CDD), on Ongoing Due Diligence (ODD), including the accurate completion of the customer or asset checklist and risk assessments;

• Perform screening of all related parties against PEP/Sanctions & adverse media;

• Provide guidance to clients, client facing or investment teams relating to KYC requirements;

• Perform quality reviews ensuring that KYC records adhere to abrdn standards;

• Liaise with the second Line of Defence (2LOD)/AFC as appropriate;

• Flexibility to work on different types of customers (e.g., distributors, B2B sub-distributors, institutional investors, etc.), or intragroup entities or related parties (e.g., funds under management, delegates, service providers etc.) and fund assets and related parties;

• Escalate ML/FC suspicions immediately in line with our Policies and relevant Procedures;

About the candidate requirements

• Strong understanding of the Global/EU/UK/Lux AML and delegate compliance regulations;

• Experience in KYC Onboarding and Refresh within the fund industry;

• Fluent in English, both oral and written. Any other language is beneficial.

• Keen attention to details and confident problem solver;

• Ability to operate independently, to plan workload, prioritise tasks and deliver to deadlines;

• Team player with the ability to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams, both in presence and remotely, and to deliver agreed outcomes;

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.  We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance.  We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.