Description
About Thunes Thunes is the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world. Thunes' proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 140 countries and more than 90 currencies.
Context of the role Reporting to the CDD Team Lead, the KYC Officer will partner with Legal, Sales and Product team members situated in Manila to onboard and control Payment Service Providers, Banks, and other regulated and non-regulated companies across the globe.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct Know Your Customer analysis, including research through government official records, vendor databases, and independent public sources on customers, connected parties, and ownership structures.
- Perform screening on new customers, connected parties, and beneficial owners to identify adverse media and PEP hits.
- Analyse historical transactions of existing customers to identify additional risks posed to the firm.
- Communicate with new clients and account managers on outstanding items post-gap analysis.
- Participate in different projects under the supervision of the Manager.
Professional Experience/Qualifications
- 3–5 years of end-to-end KYC experience with a focus on new Corporate and Bank customers and extensive experience conducting Corporate KYC.
- Holds a Bachelor's degree and/or a professional compliance qualification (e.g., ICA, ACAMS, CFE).
- Experience in using name screening tools such as World-Check.
- Demonstrated expertise in risk and regulatory compliance from a financially regulated company.
- Good understanding of Payment products and corporate organisational structures.
- Strong internal and external stakeholder management skills and comfort in liaising with both.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage own workload, and is comfortable with process ambiguity.
- Passionate about technology and start-ups; previous experience in FinTech or Payments is a plus.
- Professional/native level fluency in English (written and spoken). Other language skills are a plus but not mandatory.