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Job Purpose and Impact

The KYC Specialist will handle moderately complex processes for trade and capital market activities, including customer due diligence and onboarding of Cargill entities with counterparties. In this role, you will respond to requests from counterparties for onboarding of Cargill entities (including bank account openings), collect and review customer information as part of Know Your Customer (KYC) due diligence and corporate capacity verification, and perform sanctions screenings and tax compliance form validations to assist in mitigating reputational, compliance and documentary risks associated with trade and capital market activities (including structured trade finance and lending).

Key Accountabilities

•    Collect and review customer information (including statutory documents, board and shareholder resolutions, organizational charts etc) as part of KYC due diligence and corporate capacity verification, monitor the status of active counterparties, initiate requests for customer updates and provide relevant information to stakeholder as requested. Counterparties are financial institutions from across the globe, as well as sovereigns and corporates, primarily from Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
•    Respond to compliance-related requests from counterparties by providing KYC documentation of Cargill entities and completing onboarding questionnaires and account-opening forms. 
•    Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate teams (e.g. Legal, Tax, Corporate Governance). Coordinate execution of non-disclosure agreements, electronic communication indemnity forms, data privacy forms, account opening documentation. 
•    Perform automated and manual sanctions and politically exposed persons (PEP) screenings aligned to internal policy and provide a timely response to requests and inquiries received from internal and external stakeholders.
•    Perform control reconciliation processes of daily reviews to ensure all issues are addressed or escalated quickly and efficiently.
•     Ensure internal procedures and policies are followed.
•    Understand and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and collect and validate related compliance forms (including FATCA tax forms) and seek guidance from subject matter authorities as needed.
•    Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
•    Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
•    Understanding of trade finance business
•    Confirmed knowledge of internal control structures and compliance
•    Minimum of two years of related work experience
•    Other minimum qualifications may apply

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
•    Knowledge of laws, regulations and processes related to customer due diligence and compliance (sanctions, anti-money laundering, anti-bribery, data privacy).
•    Understanding of basic corporate documents and approval processes within legal entities.
•    Knowledge of related sanctions screening systems and applications.
•    Understanding of FATCA tax forms.

PRIOR BENEFICIAL EXPERIENCES
•    Execute and administer all aspects of standard customer screenings due diligence in a timely and accurate manner.
•    Analytical review of various legal documentation.
•    Intercultural communication skills.

KEY BEHAVIORS
•    Build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions while ensuring adherence to regulatory and internal compliance requirements.
•    Make sense of complex, high-quantity, and sometimes contradictory, information to effectively solve problems.
•    Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, focusing on continuous improvement and compliance with internal policies and procedures.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES TO BE GAINED
•    Experience with compliance requirements and processes across multiple jurisdictions and with diverse counterparties.
•    Gain knowledge ofn compliance, reputational and operational risks associated with trade and capital market structures.