Financial Crime Compliance Analyst (KYC)

About the role

EY GDS Financial Crime Consulting is looking for a Know Your Customer (KYC) analyst to support its compliance team in delivering financial crime solutions to clients. The team works on short- and long-term engagements to establish, maintain and review business functions and compliance programs, covering AML, counter-terrorist financing, sanctions, fraud and crypto investigations. The role is based in the Global Managed Services Delivery team.

Key responsibilities

• Help businesses comply with financial crime regulations and client policies on AML and counter-terrorist financing
• Analyze legal documents such as MOA, AOA, trust and partnership deeds, MOUs, fund portfolios, annual reports and annual statements, and interpret policy documents
• Screen clients against sanctions lists, PEP databases and adverse media, and assess risk
• Verify hard-copy IDs and address proofs, and screen against corporate structures such as public companies, trusts, hedge funds, SPVs and joint ventures
• Document processes and coordinate with internal stakeholders to keep AML program applications and processes ready
• Use AI tools and automation, including generative AI and prompt engineering, to support compliance workstreams

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance, accounting, economics, law or a related field
• 1-3 years of experience in AML-KYC, sanction screening, transaction monitoring or regulatory reporting
• Consulting or large corporate experience with global financial crime compliance knowledge
• Good understanding of banking products and services, and experience analysing bank statements
• Willingness to work from the office five days a week, on Indian holidays, in shifts and to travel domestically and internationally

Required skills

• Proficiency in KYC tools and processes
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Generative AI and prompt engineering
• Good written and spoken English

Candidates meeting the criteria should contact the recruiter directly.