Senior KYC & AML Analyst

Senior KYC & AML Analyst

Department: Audit & Advisory

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Paris

Description
The establishment of the FIFA Clearing House (“FCH”) is a key element of the first reform package of the transfer system adopted by the FIFA Council in 2018, to promote solidarity, transparency, and integrity in professional football.

The FCH is established in France and operates independently from FIFA.
The FCH will act as a payment service provider and intermediary in the worldwide payments relating to Training Rewards (solidarity mechanism and training compensation), deriving from the FIFA Regulation on the Status of Transfer of Players.

THE POSITION
As Senior KYC & AML Analyst, you will join the KYC & AML team within the 1st line of defense and report directly to the Head of of Operations.

Your main missions are to

• Analyze clients' documents received from outsourced back office in charge of document collection
• Interact with the back office to refine the quality of documentation received and or request additional documentation from the client
• Undertake Customer Due Diligence and Enhanced Due Diligence and conduct deep inquiry into the source of wealth and funds of some clients and UBOs
• Assess client's financial situation to bring added value to your analysis of the Source of Wealth.
• Apply AML scoring and perform the Client Risk Assessment
• Formalize a KYC conclusion prior to client approval or rejection in accordance with guidelines and standards set out in the AML policy and subsequent procedures
• Write-up methodically the reasons in case FCH will have to reject a prospective client
• Perform a priori set of AML controls prior to transaction execution
• Investigate suspicious transactions and prepare Suspicious Activity Reports Proposals with detailed rationales and analysis prior escalation to 2nd line of defense Compliance
• Answer to Requests For Information related to the transactions and our underlying clients received from our banking partners and correspondent banks
• Participate in the overall Financial Crime framework continuous improvement including:
  • level 1 control execution
  • contributing to the reporting of KPIs on the KYC & AML Transactions Monitoring to the head of KYC & AML
  • contributing to the maintenance of the operational normative framework (review and update of Standard Operating Procedures)

YOUR PROFILE
We work hard at FIFA Clearing House.
We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.

And we respect our values. Always.

For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.

The specific competencies we require for this position are:

You are curious, flexible, have a global mindset and you are also ready to join a multicultural startup team.
You have at least 5-8 years of experience in the field of KYC and Financial Crime (AML, Sanctions & Embargos) and meet the following requirements:

• Master's degree in economics, Finance, Business, Law, Business Schools, MBA
• Good understanding of the regulatory framework associated with AML-CTF, legal provisions about KYC
• High analytical skills
• Good writing skills

In the office the official language is English, so we expect you to be proficient in English. As we work with the major football countries, we expect you to master one of the following key languages: Spanish, French, Arabic, Portuguese, German.

You prove an ability to work in a multicultural environment and a strong appetite to join a startup team.
You are willing to contribute to the expansion of a new team and to the enhancement of processes and IT tools.
You are driven by ethics, excellency, result oriented and willing to be part of a major change in the football industry.

PERKS & BENEFITS
The biggest benefit of a career at FIFA Clearing House is the privilege to work for the beautiful game and create something that matters.

Alongside that privilege, we also offer some extra perks and benefits:

• Home office: Up to one day of home office per week if work permits and home office allowance for all.
• Continuous learning: We care about your development and encourage internal mobility, offering a variety of training and education to help achieve it.
• Sustainability: We support all employees using public transport.
• Vacation: Maintain a healthy work/life balance.