KYC Compliance Officer at Paga Nigeria

 Pagatech was founded in early 2009 with a vision to enable a cashless society and bank the unbanked in Africa. Our first product offering, Paga, is a direct to consumer mobile payments service. Paga is an innovative, open, secure, and interoperable mobile payments platform that allows any person who has a mobile phone to transact electronically

KYC Compliance Officer

Job Type Full Time

Qualification BA/BSc/HND 

 Experience

 Location Lagos 

Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 

Location: Yaba, Lagos

Grade: 3

Reports to: Risk & Compliance Associate

Sector: Consumer Finance


Summary


The KYC (Know-Your-Customer) compliance Officer is responsible for opening, amending, reviewing and exiting customers according to established policies and procedures

The officer should also review customer accounts and detect and report irregularities in KYC data or account behaviour

The ideal candidate should also be of high ethical standard, analytical and work diligently to complete their duties keeping in mind the objectives of the business.

Primary Responsibilities


Perform due diligence on new customers by reviewing and verifying their KYC documentation and making an analytical risk assessment based on information provided;

Appropriately place customers on the right KYC level according to information provided.

Periodically evaluate existing customers according to established policies and procedures;

Periodically review KYC records for completeness and validity that the files and risk assessments are current and up to date; ensuring that due diligence standards are complied with;

Ensure compliance with all Anti Money Laundering (AML) laws, regulations, guidelines, written procedures; OFAC, CIP, KYC, customer / transaction monitoring.

Investigate high risk clients and report where necessary, including politically exposed persons, and obtaining all necessary documentation to complete their record;

Maintain continuous contact with customers in order to keep customer file and KYC records updated.

Process and amend customer KYC records;

Communicate effectively and efficiently with relevant internal and external parties to obtain KYC documents;

Perform further investigation on identified suspicious customers and report to the AML compliance officer;

Responsible for a good understanding of due diligence regulations, and internal policies and procedures;

Other specific projects or task which may rise from time to time.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements


B.Sc / B.A or equivalent Degree.

Must have completed NYSC

Show Strong research and analytical skills

Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written

Must have good planning and time management/prioritization skills

Ability to work independently and to liaise with other departments

Good interpersonal skills

Must have good knowledge of Microsoft office applications

Ability to learn and use application and web portals

Ability to learn and review applicable regulations.

Key Competencies:


Ability to learn fast

Attention to detail

Self- driven and hardworking

Organized

Multitask and manage competing priorities

Creative and resourceful

Good team player

Flexibility.


 

Method of Application Interested and qualified? Go to Pagatech Limited on paga.bamboohr.com to apply


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