Junior KYC Consultant
At a glance
Junior Risk & Financial Compliance role at Inetum. Lisbon · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Handle client onboarding checks and recurring reviews to keep KYC profiles current
- Check client documents, identify missing or conflicting details, and follow up to resolve gaps
- Confirm beneficial ownership structures and assess basic risk indicators, escalating complex cases
- Maintain client records in internal systems and apply company rules and regulatory requirements
What you bring
- A degree in finance, business, law or a related field
- Up to three years of experience in KYC, AML, compliance or banking operations
- You can interpret legal and financial documents and understand KYC, AML and regulatory frameworks
Who this fits
This junior role suits someone with strong attention to detail, analytical ability and clear communication with clients and internal teams. You'll work from the Lisbon office two or three days each week.
From the employer
Inetum is a European leader in digital services. Inetum’s team of 28,000 consultants and specialists strive every day to make a digital impact for businesses, public sector entities and society. Inetum’s solutions aim at contributing to its clients’ performance and innovation as well as the common good. Present in 19 countries with a dense network of sites, Inetum partners with major software publishers to meet the challenges of digital transformation with proximity and flexibility. Driven by its ambition for growth and scale, Inetum generated sales of 2.5 billion euros in 2023.
The Junior KYC Consultant ensures the bank operates in a compliant and risk-controlled environment by managing client due diligence activities. The position is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and validating client information to build accurate and complete KYC profiles, helping the organization understand its clients, assess potential risks, and meet regulatory obligations, while enabling smooth and efficient business operations.
Responsibilities
- Manage KYC onboarding and periodic client reviews (recertifications)
- Collect, review, and validate client documents for accuracy and completeness
- Perform gap analysis and follow up on missing or inconsistent information
- Ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements
- Build and verify client ownership structures (beneficial ownership)
- Assess basic client risk factors and flag potential issues
- Escalate complex or high-risk cases to compliance teams
- Update and maintain client data in internal systems
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Law, or related field
- Experience in KYC, AML, Compliance, or Banking Operations (0 - 3 years)
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
- Ability to review and interpret legal and financial documents
- Understanding of KYC, AML, and regulatory frameworks (FATCA, MiFID, AEOI - is a plus)
- Strong communication skills (client-facing and internal stakeholders)
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
(Hybrid work, with 2/3 days of work in the office in LISBON per week)
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