KYC Onboarding Specialist

Overview

An opportunity to work for an investment bank in the City of London as a KYC Onboarding Specialist. You will process front‑office onboarding for new clients and conduct periodic reviews of existing clients across low, medium, and high risk, covering coverage, IB sectors, DCM & SECM and any other departments as time and capacity allow.

You will liaise with the business on KYB forms, work with vetting teams in various geographies, and ensure that clients are onboarded with minimal delay, freeing the business to focus on deal origination.

• Conduct KYC due diligence on all new low/medium/high‑risk London banking clients.
• Perform risk assessments using the head‑office KYC tools on the intranet.
• Determine required documentation, gather and submit it via the system or directly to vetting.
• Liaise with legal and/or agents on new deals to obtain and submit updated documentation.
• Ensure correct grouping according to the structure chart.
• Create and maintain a file for each client for future reviews.
• Obtain approval for low, medium, and high‑risk clients.
• Coordinate with vetting teams in London and other European locations on high‑risk client approval.
• Complete all new KYB forms with assistance from the front‑office team and credit approval.
• Add approved products to the KYC Client Pass system under the appropriate geographies.

• Obtain access to debt domain sites from front office to liaise with clients, agents, and lawyers for KYC documents not publicly available, ensuring timely reviews.
• Ensure all clients are MiFID approved in line with internal standards.
• Support IB / DCM / SET / Sectors London branch on all KYC and KYB issues.
• Develop strong relationships with front‑office business and vetting departments in London and other locations.
• Manage the customer KYC document collection for onboarding, uploading to the document file when possible.
• Maintain a separate KYC filing for front‑office clients, updated at each review and ad‑hoc when amended.
• Support the two apprentices working in London.

• PREMS – CPN1 month‑end controls for expired or unauthorised rafs.

• All KYC and KYB for front‑office Investment Banking, DCM, Coverage, and SECM teams in London.

• Ability to quickly gather required documentation and input files into Client Pass.
• Collaborate with relevant teams to avoid breaches and keep the business operational.
• Strong autonomy with Client Pass and related KYC/KYB processes.
• High resourcefulness, problem‑solving skills, and experience in the KYC business area.
• Good understanding of current regulations.
• Independent work with strong time‑management skills.
• Effective communication within front‑office and with clients.

Mid‑Senior level

Contract

Finance

Financial Services, Investment Banking, Banking