AML Specialist/Senior Specialist

We are looking for AML Specialist / Senior AML Specialist to work in Vilnius office who can follow all relevant legal and internal guidelines, procedures of our processes and transactions. Within the Bank, the relevant Team’s objective is to be the interface for clients’ subject to the KYC (Know Your Customer) due diligence onboarding or recertification process. Moreover, the team performs daily and retrospective transactional monitoring and screening. The goal, for this team, is to ensure a Global and consistent service to clients, whilst maintaining proper risk management in the area of KYC due diligence.

Responsibilities:

• Performing onboarding and periodical review of the clients.
• Collect, analyze, verify, and archive legal and Know Your Customer (KYC) documentation. Identify Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs) and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs).
• To perform enhanced due diligence regarding to high-risk customers’ account openings.
• Communicate independently and professionally with external & internal clients and stakeholders on all KYC related matters.
• To follow up the national and international regulations about AML, CFT and international sanction policies and implementing these to Bank’s related units, products, and activities.
• Contribute to the development of policies internally relating to AML in the Bank and overseeing the implementation of those policies.
• Performing daily and retrospective monitoring and screening on the transactions and preparing AML-Compliance opinion regarding to trade/payment transactions.
• Monitor client financial activities to ensure they are legal and in compliance with internal and external bank policies.
• Ensure that the customer screening solution captures all customers and related parties and partners, including natural persons, legal entities their beneficial owners, authorized persons are periodically screened against the relevant sanctions lists of designated persons, groups, and entities.
• Keep documentation and register of performed due diligence and keeps track of items outstanding.
• Assists MLRO to periodically review and test the screening tools to ensure its correct functionality.
• Assist in preparing regulatory and internal reports in AML CFT compliance area strictly meeting deadlines and report requirements.
• Assist MLRO in performing training or self-awareness programs in due diligence area.

Qualifications:

• Recognized degree in Law, Business Administration, Economics or other relevant qualifications.
• Minimum of 3 + experience working in a risk and compliance role in Banks, FinTechs.
• Experience in onboarding high risk clients (FinTechs or/and Banks) is must.
• Understanding of financial crime typologies in payments and ability to identify suspicious activity related to AML/CFT.
• EMEA jurisdiction KYC process knowledge.
• Advantage – ACAMS certificate.
• Affinity with the financial sector and basic understanding of due diligence and (international) Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regulations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical skills and strong risk awareness.
• Team player, independent, hardworking, eager to learn and accurate.
• Fluent English. This is an absolute requirement. Any other language is an asset.
• Problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.


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