KYC Associate – Financial Institutions | SCIB

Country: United Kingdom

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Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB) is Santander's global division that supports some of the world's most complex and sophisticated corporate and institutional clients, offering customised services and value-added wholesale products to best meet their needs.

Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) Services sits within the Chief Operating Office (COO) structure with reporting line to Europe Head of Client Onboarding. It is a client-oriented value-chain covering Client Onboarding and Post Trade Service acting as a client’s operational single point of contact for ongoing client services and management including onboarding, post-trade services.

This function works across all products, all clients and all geographies for clients onboarded or engaging in sales through the UK (or UK-supported countries).

If you’ve performed a similar role previously, this could be the perfect opportunity to develop your career.

The difference you’ll make:

• Providing the care, operational support, and delivery management for the client relationship

• Performing client outreach to collect required KYC documentation and regulatory classification forms as applicable

• Processing KYC Documents and setting up clients/counterparties to do business

• Maintaining compliant with regulation and ensuring an efficient client journey with standardised experience across entities and business units

• Terminating the ability to do business when exit or suspension procedures are required

• Acting as primary daily point of contact for clients, correspondent banks and/or market counterparties and providing back-up support for other team members

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Previous experience in a similar role

• In-depth banking and wholesale knowledge

• Excellent understanding of Corporate clients, SPVs, Limited and General Partnerships

• Product knowledge including Cash Management, Markets, Trade Finance, Lending

• Solid understanding of AML and regulatory risk along with UK banking product regulation, KYC requirements and internal policies

It would also be nice for you to have:

• A degree (or equivalent) in banking, finance, or business administration

• Spanish language skills

What else you need to know:

This role is based at our offices in Triton Square, London located within easy walking distance from Warren Street and Euston.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 3 days a week (pro-rata for part-time roles).

Inclusion.

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed.  We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.  

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.

• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.

• 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.

• Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.

• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.

• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more. 

• Company funded individual private medical insurance.

• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as, dental insurance, and health assessments.

• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.

• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

What to do next:-

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.