KYC Analyst

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🔥 16 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $80k - $100k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🚨 AML and Financial Crime

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Flex

11 - 50 employees

💳 Fintech

🤝 B2B

💰 $100M Debt Financing on 2023-09

Fintech • B2B

Flex is an end-to-end finance platform designed for businesses, facilitating various financial operations and enhancing financial management. With a focus on providing comprehensive financial solutions, Flex aims to streamline processes and improve efficiency for its users in the commercial sector.

📋 Description

• Own KYC decisions at Flex end to end, from application through approval • Set standards for strong KYC files and help shape the new KYC function • Review new applications routed to manual review and validate answers against documents and public sources • Gather documentation for every risk flag and determine whether customers are safe to onboard • Run KYC and KYB reviews, including identity verification and identification of beneficial owners and control persons • Review flagged accounts after opening, periodic refreshes, and event-driven reviews • Clear cases, request additional information, or escalate cases as appropriate • Identify customers requiring enhanced due diligence and escalate them for supervisory review • Research adverse media, sanctions lists, and politically exposed person databases • Resolve screening hits by distinguishing true matches from false positives and document reasoning • Write clear, well-supported case notes and maintain complete case-management records • Partner with Support, Risk, and Operations to close documentation requests and keep onboarding moving • Support quality assurance and file reviews, including bank partner program reviews • Identify process gaps and patterns, improve procedures, and simplify documentation • Monitor evolving AML typologies and regulatory guidance and share findings with the team • Report directly to the Head of Financial Crimes

🎯 Requirements

• 1–3+ years in KYC, customer due diligence, onboarding, or a related financial crimes role at a financial institution, fintech, or payments company • Exposure to business (KYB) onboarding or BaaS program compliance • Working knowledge of KYC/CDD requirements and BSA/AML obligations • Experience researching entities and individuals from public sources • Experience screening for adverse media, sanctions, and PEP exposure • Experience using KYC or screening tools such as Sardine, Alloy, Unit21, or similar • Strong written communication and ability to explain risk decisions in plain language • High attention to detail and comfort with ambiguous or incomplete information • Ability to manage a queue, juggle multiple priorities, and prioritize effectively • Growth mindset and self-driven approach • CAMS or another AML certification, completed or in progress, is a bonus

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity compensation • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Paid time off • 401(k) plan • High-trust, high-ownership environment • Direct access to leadership, customers, and investors • Meaningful equity opportunity • Fully remote work option

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