April 5, 2026

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5 – 10 years

Not Disclosed

Hyderabad

Time and Venue

23 May , 10.00 AM – 6.00 PM

Building 20, Raheja Mindspace IT Park, Mindspace Madhapur Rd, HITEC City, Hyderabad- 500081

Contact – L K Sushma Lakshmi 

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Job description

Role & responsibilities

The opportunity

Join our team of professionals focused on anti-money laundering, Client due diligence, sanctions screening and anti-bribery and corruption. We use domain knowledge combined with technology to offer our clients a unique package of operational delivery and excellence, to rebuild compliance frameworks, provide support and recommendations on regulatory requirements as well as implement process enhancements with a commitment to both quantity and quality of delivery. Your role will be driven by our clients needs and by your ability to align your domain knowledge to your role requirements for financial crime compliance.

Your key responsibilities

  • Providing technical and specialist support to the KYC Shared Services team
  • Ensuring AML Compliance Policy requirements are met and that CDD procedures are followed
  • Monitoring and managing the completion of CDD documentation for all customers in line with applicable KYC / AML Policies & Procedures
  • Ensuring that all necessary screening takes place in line with the KYC customer matrix provided by compliance
  • Review of Monthly alerts and understanding of alert generation due to exceed in threshold/certain spike in customer account.
  • Hands on experience on complete Transaction Monitoring/KYC process
  • Possess good understanding on end-to-end transaction monitoring/KYC /Sanctions process.
  • Ability to support other staff and to participate in the process to ensure work is completed accurately and on time
  • Ability to perform effectively to strict deadlines
  • Build relationships with AML Investigations units and effectively communicate and transfer information for case investigations

Skills and attributes for success

Strong people management and leadership skills. Good Interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels including presentation and public speaking skills. Staying abreast on business and industry trends relevant to clients, including the latest regulatory developments, industry practices, and government and law enforcement focus on various financial crimes issues. Being innovative and creating thought leadership.

To qualify for the role, you must have

  • A bachelors degree and around 6-8 years of work experience with financial crimes issues from industry, consulting, or banking and at least 5 yrs of relevant work experience
  • A degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related discipline
  • Exceptional research and analytical skills with the ability to analyze large amounts of data, decipher higher risk attributes (transactional, geographical, product, customer type, etc.) and develop well-reasoned recommendations
  • Ability to perform KYC reviews on different entity types, such as Trusts, Hedge Funds, regulated entities
  • Should have good understanding of USA Patriotic Act, BSA and CIP and knowledge on World Check, Lexis-Nexis and negative searches.
  • Ability to interpret KYC policies, procedures and laws and put into practice
  • Should be able to perform KYC reviews on High, Medium and Low Risk entities
  • Should have understanding on High-risk jurisdiction, Sanction entity/individual, different types of trade sanctions, SDN etc.
  • Strong proven communication skills demonstrated through effective writing and presentations to clients and internal stakeholders.
  • Effective team and stakeholder management skills

Preferred candidate profile

Perks and benefitsRole: 

Banking Operations – OtherIndustry Type: 

IT Services & ConsultingDepartment: 

BFSI, Investments & TradingEmployment Type: 

Full Time, PermanentRole Category: 

Banking Operations

Education: 

Any Graduate

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