Officer of the Central Acceptance Unit performing KYC

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KBC Global Services provides business administrative processes and activities for members of KBC Group worldwide. We aim to create a friendly, dynamic, and professional company culture that encourages a high level of performance, personal initiative, and responsibility.
 

You will become a member of Central Acceptance Unit (CAU) team which performs a thorough, regulatory, and reputational screening of Financial Institutions and Public Authorities from all over the world. This screening, known as Know Your Customer (KYC), is an obligatory requirement for a counterparty (ctp) to be permitted to enter into a commercial relationship with KBC. The refusal/acceptance of the counterparty + the assessed Risk profile is documented in our internal systems incl. the evidentiary documents and other data. 

What to expect:

• Your main responsibility will be to complete the whole process of KYC screening of new counterparties as well as a periodical review of existing ones.
• To get the required documents you will consult different trustworthy online sources such as BankersAlmanac, WorldCheck, official regulatory websites, and other professional databases. In most cases, you will also directly contact the ctp via email, SWIFT message, or phone call.
• You will also use public online sources to investigate counterparties´ financial reputations, e.g. Google search for the negative hits connected with money laundering, corruption, or terrorist financing.
• The result of your screening is either a refusal or an acceptance of a counterparty together with a proposal of Risk profile – you will submit the assessment to the authorities in Brussels (Relationship Manager + Compliance dept.) who will ultimately decide on the final approval of the ctp´s acceptance.
• You will communicate via email on a daily basis to discuss your cases with your colleagues; you will  interact with the internal stakeholders; you will present your complex cases at the management committee.

Your skills & experience:

• University degree or relevant experience.
• Spoken and written English and Czech B2-C1 – communication with counterparties worldwide via e-mails, SWIFT messages, and phone calls.
• Very good communication skills – daily cooperation with colleagues and teams across our company.
• Strong administrative skills, confident Excel user, attention to detail and accuracy.
• Self-organization – ability to maintain your „In Progress“ portfolio and to be in perfect control of it, coordinate multiple KYC screenings at the same time.
• Ability to analyze and assess available information.
• Open-minded – ask questions and call for answers, escalate, argue, find new ways how to.

3 things you’ll love about KBC Global Services: 

#1 Work-life balance for real. Forget overtime and working while sleeping! We empower parents and young professionals juggling careers, studies and hobbies. 
#2 Stability. KBC Group includes the Czech ČSOB, the Belgian KBC, the Hungarian K&H, and more. We’ve been based in Prague since 2021 and offer you room for growth. 
#3 International environment full of easy-going colleagues.

What you get:

• Bonuses twice a year based on your performance.
• Hybrid working mode with the possibility to work 50% from home. Our core working hours are from 9 am to 3 pm.
• 28 days off per year to recharge.
• Opportunities for business trips to Belgium (to our KBC Group headquarters).
• Many benefits fully paid by us - Multisport card, learning courses, meal voucher card (170 CZK/day), Cafeteria benefit system, fruit and ice cream days.
• Referral bonuses.
• Contribution to pension and life insurance, great deals on ČSOB products and much more.

Recruiter Name

Pavla Buráňová