AML/KYC Associate (Japanese)

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Fraud, Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement (FIRE)

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.

About the Role

A KYC Analyst is primarily responsible for processing KYC profiles in compliance to the client’s policies and procedures.

The role is open for candidates with no experience in KYC but converse in Nihongo in a business level. This role includes:

• Process/prepare KYC profiles in accordance with the KYC policies and procedures of the client.
• Conducting Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Know Your Customer (KYC) review through research/gathering of information from publicly available sources, screening of clients and other related parties for adverse news, sanctions or politically exposed persons.
• Observe proper documentation and recording of supporting information and documents gathered during the review.
• Ensure correct and timely completion of profiles through consistent monitoring of progress and status of assigned cases.
• Actively participate in the daily team huddles.
• Report/escalate operational, system and policy issues immediately.
• Reach the quality and production target.
• Work extensively with various teams across global locations to fulfill an entity’s KYC requirements as mandated by compliance and regulatory standards.
• Efficiently manage ad hoc tasks for effective project management.

Essential Skill Requirements

• Must be a graduate of any bachelor's degree

• Must have excellent and accurate communication skills in Japanese (at least N2 proficiency) and English

• A team-player and able to build strong working relationships

• Proactive attitude and initiative are a plus

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Experience in translating legal documents is a plus

• Proficient with Office applications (i.e. Adobe pdf, Word, Excel)

• Willingness to learn more about these processes is required

• Local applicants or foreigners with work permits are welcome to apply

• Willing to work as a project based hire (at least 6 months to 1 year) and open to possibility of absorption/regularization

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Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred: Bachelor Degree

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

English To Japanese Translations, Japanese Language, Japanese to English Translation

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

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