KYC Team Leader

Role Overview

• Supervise and support a team of KYC analysts in their daily onboarding tasks.
• Review their work, provide constructive feedback, and help them develop their technical and professional skills.
• Organise workload distribution to ensure deadlines are met and priorities are clear.
• Act as the first point of escalation for questions, unusual cases, or complex risk situations.
• Review and validate KYC files, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with internal policies.
• Oversee screening results (PEPs, sanctions, adverse media) and guide the team on how to handle higher-risk findings.
• Ensure that risk ratings, due diligence levels, and assessments are applied consistently across the team.
• Support the completion of client, engagement, and third-party risk assessments.
• Help the MLRO team based in the UK refine and improve onboarding workflows to make them more efficient and user-friendly.
• Identify recurring issues or bottlenecks and propose practical solutions.
• Contribute to the development of internal KYC and risk management guidelines.
• Ensure that all onboarding steps are properly documented and aligned with global standards.
• Collaborate with client engagement teams to ensure all risk-related requirements are completed before project launch.
• Communicate clearly with internal stakeholders, providing updates, clarifications, and guidance when needed.

Requirements

• Experience in KYC, AML, CTF, compliance, or risk management, ideally at least 2 years.
• Previous mentoring or informal leadership experience is a plus, even if not in a formal team lead role.
• Strong understanding of corporate structures and international onboarding requirements.
• Familiarity with advisory, consulting, or transactional environments is an advantage.
• Confident communicator who can guide others and explain concepts clearly.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Detail-oriented, reliable, and comfortable reviewing others’ work.
• Proactive mindset with a willingness to improve processes and support team growth.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Benefits

• At Interpath, our people lie at the heart of our business. That's why we provide employees with a competitive and comprehensive reward package including compelling salaries and a range of core and optional benefits. Read more about our benefits; Company Benefits
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