Associate / Assistant Vice President – Client Service Group, KYC Team

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide. Our teams of experts in over 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact.

Natixis CIB Asia Pacific provides regional corporate and financial institution clients with tailor-made financing and capital markets solutions as well as access to global financial markets, while supporting the development of Natixis CIB's European and international clients in Asia Pacific.

Main Responsibilities:

1. To perform KYC due diligence of new relationships and existing clients (periodical revisions) for APAC entities as a Maker or Checker;
2. Ensure new and existing Asia Pacific clients satisfied the regulatory requirements (KYC, EMIR, FATCA);
3. Assess KYC requirements to be met depending on the type of client and the transactions;
4. Interact with the client to collect the necessary documents;
5. Collect documentation from public sources;
6. Follow up with internal stakeholders (Compliance, vetting centers...) until the diligences are fully met;
7. Report progress/status in the internal tool;
8. Escalate issues to the management and propose solutions/alternatives;
9. Draft waiver memo in case of deviations;
10. Inform the business lines of the upcoming reviews to be performed and kick off, ahead of the KYC expiry date, the process;
11. Coordinate with relevant business managers to identify priority accounts and ensure deliveries;
12. Participate in the weekly calls with relevant business managers (when required) to understand the roadblocks/concerns during the KYC process.

Required Skills:

1. Minimum 5 years of relevant experience;
2. Bachelor’s Degree Holder in Banking / Finance / equivalent;
3. Prior experience in KYC / CDD, preferably in Corporate Investment Banking with a good understanding of AML/CFT Framework and KYC documentation processes;
4. Good understanding of the KYC regulations in Asia (in particular HKMA, MAS, CBRC, PBOC and FSC);
5. Strong verbal communication in both English and Mandarin and strong reading capability in English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese;
6. Strong interpersonal skills with ability to effectively interact with cross-functional teams and capable of working on own initiative and prioritizing workload;
7. Highly organized with excellent attention to detail, highly motivated and able to work with minimal supervision;
8. Ability to multi-task and execute tasks with a sense of urgency and with the ultimate goal of delivering tasks on time;
9. Strong team player;
10. Good knowledge of Excel will be an advantage.