KYC Processing Analyst

About the role

Barclays is hiring a KYC Processing Analyst in Chennai within its Group Economic Crime COO, Banking Operations business area. The analyst completes periodic KYC/CDD reviews for Barclaycard Issuing customers, keeping customer information complete, accurate and up to date, while identifying potential financial crime risks and progressing cases according to procedures and service levels. The contract is permanent.

Key responsibilities

• Complete end-to-end KYC/CDD periodic refresh reviews for customers in the Barclaycard Issuing portfolio.
• Review existing customer information, identify gaps or changes and request supporting documentation.
• Validate customer and entity details, identification and verification, transactional analysis, nature of business, ownership and control structure, directors and connected parties, and source of funds or wealth where applicable.
• Perform customer and financial crime risk assessments and review internal and external evidence to support each review.
• Identify cases needing more information, initiate customer outreach, and escalate AML, sanctions, PEP, adverse media or other financial crime risk indicators through the prescribed process.
• Maintain accurate case notes and an audit trail, ensure cases meet SLAs and quality standards, and respond to Quality Assurance feedback.
• Escalate complex cases, policy questions and exceptions to the relevant SME or Team Leader, and support operational goals such as backlog reduction and productivity.

Required profile

• Essential: experience in KYC, CDD, AML, financial crime operations or customer due diligence.
• Understanding of periodic/ongoing KYC review processes and ability to interpret customer and corporate information.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills, good written communication and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple cases against productivity and SLA targets.
• Desirable: previous experience at Barclaycard, Barclays or another regulated financial institution; corporate KYC experience; knowledge of ownership structures, UBO identification and sanctions, PEP and adverse media; experience in a maker/checker, QC or QA environment.

Required skills

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook and other standard Microsoft applications.