CLM (KYC) VP- 1 year contract - Dublin

CLM (KYC) Vice President - 1 year contract

Dublin, Ireland

About Citco

For over 70 years the Citco Group of Companies (“Citco”) has provided specialist financial services to the alternative investment industry (e.g., Hedge Funds, Private Equity Fund, Real Estate Funds, etc.), investors, multinationals and private clients worldwide. With over $1.8 trillion in assets under administration, and 12,000 employees in 80 offices, we pioneer innovative solutions that meet our clients’ evolving needs, and deliver exceptional service. As a highly-respected name in our industry, Citco is known as both a high-quality service provider and a forward-thinking partner. The founding family still runs Citco and the company continues to provide a broad range of financial services to our clients worldwide. True to our founding principles, we tailor our solutions to our clients’ needs, continually investing in our people and systems to deliver the highest-quality solutions.

The Client Lifecycle Management (“CLM”) Europe team is part of the Citco Group of companies (“Citco”) and is responsible for the onboarding and ongoing due diligence of Citco Banking and Fund Administration clients in accordance with anti-money laundering (“AML”) and know your customer (KYC) regulations.  The main objective of the CLM Europe team is to protect Citco and the Financial Industry for being used for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes.

For more information about Citco, please visit www.citco.com

What we offer

We offer you an exciting role as CLM (KYC) Vice President within the CLM Europe team. As CLM (KYC) Vice President, you will be the first point of contact for our clients regarding KYC/AML requirements and queries. Furthermore, you will be responsible for document outreach with our clients, pursuant to the results of our due diligence reviews. You will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of one or more of the CLM work streams and reporting to management on that work stream. The CLM VP is responsible for providing feedback for further development of procedures to enhance the quality of service and mitigation of risks for clients. You will have up to 20 direct reports for which you are responsible. In addition, you are responsible for reviewing high risk customer due diligence (including a risk assessment) at on-boarding performed by the team and ongoing due diligence and maintenance during the customers’ life cycle in accordance with Citco’s policies and procedures. For the Client Lifecycle Management processes, Citco is using the industry best practice CLM software “Fen-X” from Fenergo Limited. You will work in a dynamic team based in Europe for an industry leader within its field with plenty of career opportunities. We are looking forward to working with you!

Your Role:

• You will manage key operational work streams, including operational management of 20 staff members.
• Provide regular and accurate management reports
• Support CLM Management in achieving their operational and strategic goals
• Review document collection requests
• Conduct document outreach with clients
• Validation of risk assessments for high risk clients
• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders (e.g., Supervisor, Relationship Managers, etc.) and timely respond to (follow up on) emails or telephone requests
• Timely follow up on pending items to meet internal service level agreement (SLA) deadlines
• Timely report and escalate non-conformities to your Manager
• Supervise the team and the work performed by the Assistant VP’s
• Maintain a professional working environment and motivate the Assistant VP’s
• Allocate the team resources effectively and efficiently
• Make use of the available tools in order to guide and develop the Assistant VP’s primarily as well as the remainder of the team
• Participate in specific projects which may rise from time to time
• Participate in Citco’s training program

Have a good understanding of (and adhere to) Citco’s policies, procedures and systems

About You:

• You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a related discipline
• At least 3 - 4 years of experience in operational management
• At least 6  years of experience in KYC/AML and client due diligence reviews, preferably in the offshore sector or fund industry
• ACAMS (or equivalent) certification or willingness to obtain such certification
• Assets:

• Good communication skills in English, both verbal and written
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Good knowledge of Microsoft office applications (e.g., Excel, Word)
• Proven track record in successfully managing team
• Team player
• Knowledge of the alternative investment and financial industry is an advantage

• Competencies:

• Business and commercial acumen 
• Quality and risk management
• Decision making
• Client relationship management
• Communication
• Developing working relationship
• Leadership
• Coaching and developing others
• Organization and resource management
• Drive for results
• Adaptability
   

Our Benefits

Your well being is of paramount importance to us, and central to our success. We provide a range of benefits, training and education support, and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve success in your career while balancing personal needs. Ask us about specific benefits in your location.

We recognize diversity as a source of organizational pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization.

Citco welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection.

 
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