Contract CDD KYC Officer

Responsibilities: • Perform preliminary due diligence checks for deal teams for new potential deals. • Engage in discussions with deal teams to understand and help to troubleshoot on issues that may arise during the document procurement process. • Drawing up ownership structures, transaction structures and funds flow structures from documents provided by clients. • Review and ensure documents collected for KYCs are complete and properly certified in accordance with regulatory and internal requirements. • Perform various due diligence checks on clients on external and internal platforms and databases. • In addition to providing adequate mitigations and thorough risk assessments, ensure accurate data inputs on eKYC and conduct independent validation on documents provided by clients. • Raise exceptional handling memos where required. Conduct risk assessments to address on trigger events and/or adverse news (among others) as well as memos for existing clients applying for new facilities. • Raise preliminary assessment memo for deferred completion of KYC for advisory transactions. • Conduct annual KYC reviews/trigger reviews within stipulated due dates and with minimal reworks. • Review daily AML alerts escalated to the department and ensure prompt and timely closure of alerts. • Provide support on other AML/ KYC related matters as may be required for any other reports/ projects/ duties as well. Requirements: • Bachelor’s Degree with experience in corporate/ project finance KYCs preferred. • Experience - at least one year of relevant experience in KYC review for corporates. • Certifications in AML would be an added advantage. • Familiar with regulatory requirements pertaining to KYC/ AML e.g. MAS Notice 626. • Meticulous, proactive, organized and motivated. • Team player who is able to multi-task and prioritize work.