Compliance Analyst
Role Overview
The Leeds-based Compliance Analyst reports to the Compliance Officer and supports the wider Compliance team.
The role supports client compliance and KYC due diligence to help ensure compliance with relevant British Virgin Islands financial services legislation.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
The Leeds-based Compliance Analyst reports to the Compliance Officer and supports the wider Compliance team.
The role supports client compliance and KYC due diligence to help ensure compliance with relevant British Virgin Islands financial services legislation.
Key responsibilities
- Respond to KYC queries from employees, clients, KYC parties, and the Global Compliance Team.
- Communicate with relevant parties to handle KYC requests professionally, efficiently, and promptly.
- Evaluate new clients and related KYC parties, their business, ownership and control structures, and higher-risk areas.
- Obtain KYC documentation and manage ongoing requirements, including evidence of ultimate beneficial ownership.
- Follow enhanced due diligence procedures for higher-risk triggers and escalate matters to the Compliance Officer as appropriate.
- Identify non-compliant clients and KYC parties, report them as appropriate, and help remediate missing KYC information.
- Help investigate Bridger and negative-news findings and determine whether matches are positive results.
- Handle other compliance queries as assigned.
Candidate requirements
- At least five years' experience in legal services or professional services.
- Advanced understanding of KYC onboarding procedures.
- Strong attention to detail, organisational skills, and ability to meet deadlines.
- Able to work with minimal supervision; an effective communicator confident in client interactions.
- Proactive, solutions-driven, quick to learn, collaborative, and committed to a career in compliance.
- Knowledge of offshore jurisdictions such as the BVI or Cayman is advantageous but not essential.
Benefits and rewards
- Benefits may include health coverage, vacation, educational assistance, professional development, a savings or pension plan, life and travel insurance, mental wellness support, and social activities; offerings depend on location.
About Maples Group
The Maples Group provides fiduciary, fund administration, regulatory and compliance, entity formation and management, and legal services across several international jurisdictions.
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