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Role Overview
As a Transactional KYC Analyst, you will be responsible for conducting Know Your Customer (KYC) reviews and due diligence on new and existing clients, particularly focusing on complex asset management entities. You will support the firm's onboarding processes and ensure all client relationships and transactions comply with AML/CTF regulations, internal policies, and jurisdictional requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with private equity deal teams to understand transaction structures
- Identify transaction counterparties and carry out risk analysis with a focus on money laundering, bribery and corruption, financial crime, and reputational risk
- Liaise with the deal team, legal and compliance, and relevant counterparties to obtain key materials
- Review the ownership and control structure for counterparties, including fund structures, SPVs, partnerships, trusts, and other complex entities common in asset management
- Collaborate with clients' Legal and Compliance teams to ensure their deals are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and internal policies
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Requirements
Essential:
- Relevant experience, working in a legal sector role, internship, or post-graduate job
- Knowledge of legal administration, document drafting, legal compliance, and regulatory compliance
- High level of attention to detail and analytical ability
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines
- Passionate about a career working in the legal sector as a lawyer
Preferred:
- Legal or compliance background within a law firm or legal services provider
- Experience with KYC tools and screening platforms (e.g., WorldCheck, Refinitiv, RDC, or similar)
- Knowledge of fund structures and offshore jurisdictions (e.g., Cayman, Luxembourg)
- Paralegal experience
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Qualifications
- Degree in Law or a related subject area
- Professional certifications such as ICA, ACAMS, or equivalent are a plus
Benefits
- 25 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays
- An additional day off for your birthday
- Comprehensive Private Healthcare and lots of lifestyle perks with Vitality (medical history disregarded)
- Early finish Fridays in the summer
- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme, enhanced after 1 year service
- Enhanced family-friendly policies after 1 year service
- Option to work from abroad for a maximum of 1 month per year (subject to policy & approval)
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