Field of activity

The KYC team works closely with the clients, the respective Key Account Management functions and group control functions to adhere compliance with the Anti Money Laundering directives and laws that are applicable to the various legal entities of the Deutsche Börse Group. As part of the first line of defense, the KYC team is responsible in defining and executing KYC procedures based on the group-wide compliance policies to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. The KYC team conducts the KYC (Know Your Customer) assessments at the time of onboarding a customer and periodically during the ongoing business relationship. A risk-based approach is used in order to mitigate the customer compliance risk effectively. As per the KYC requirements, the KYC team collects and maintains up-to-date KYC documents and information for the customer’s business relationships. The KYC team performs the customer risk assessment to evaluate and decide whether the customer fits within the Group Risk Appetite (including from an AML perspective). You will be a part of a team of KYC Officers that are responsible for the execution of KYC requirements across Trading & Clearing. 

Tasks/ Responsibilities

• Conduct and support regular and initial KYC reviews according to applicable rules and regulations
• Collect and ensure compliance of customer documentation and information for KYC reviews
• Collect and maintain KYC contacts to support the due diligence processes
• Perform the KYC tool related activities, such as case preparations and control plan tasks
• Support project related activities to ensure the tools support the due diligence processes
• Support inquiries regarding KYC activities from other stakeholders
• Support Client & Change Management in the respective business as usual activities

Qualifications/ Required skills

• University degree in business studies or comparable qualification
• Knowledge of relevant AML and KYC regulatory requirements
• 1 to 3 years of practical experience gained in Compliance or KYC function of a financial institution or similar
• Strong conceptual and methodological skills
• Attention to detail and organizational skills
• Good integrated thinking skills between business and technology

Additionally, you need to be a team player with good communication skills, highly motivated, highly committed, flexible and good at handling MS Office applications.