Junior KYC Analyst

About the Role

The Junior KYC Onboarding Analyst will collaborate closely with the KYC Manager, Director of Compliance and relevant stakeholders. This role includes executing the company's strategy in alignment with regulatory standards and industry benchmarks. The primary objective is to perform customer due diligence, implement Payhawk’s KYB/KYC protocols, evaluate documents and data submitted for corporate customer applications, detect fraudulent activities during onboarding through client screening, and address any additional requests as needed.

Responsibilities

• Review corporate client applications and perform due diligence of B2B customers from all markets.
• Monitor and evaluate customer verification documents. Support the due diligence process - initial and ongoing. Ensure complete and appropriate documentation is maintained.
• PEP, Sanctions and adverse media screening of companies, parent entities and individual stakeholders.
• Report to MLRO any information related to potentially fraudulent activity.
• Review internal and external screening alerts and escalations for suspicious or fraudulent activity.
• Maintain a complete understanding of operational business processes, policies, and systems.
• Initiate and manage document collection requests with corporate clients, ensuring timely follow-up and resolution of outstanding items within defined SLAs.
• Liaise cross-functionally with Sales, Compliance, and Operations teams to facilitate smooth client onboarding and ensure KYB cases progress within expected timelines.
• Utilise AI-driven onboarding and compliance tools to support document verification, entity screening, and risk assessment in accordance with internal governance standards.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of work experience as an AML/Onboarding Analyst.
• Expertise in corporate structures analysis and international corporate documentation review.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English.
• Ownership and entrepreneurship, positive attitude, energy, openness to feedback, comfortable with a fast-changing environment.
• A great initiative taker, ability to initiate projects through ideas that have a high business contribution.
• Team-oriented with strong interpersonal skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Law or any related field

Company Benefits

• 30 days holiday paid leave
• Competitive compensation package
• Exchange policy to another Payhawk office (London, Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam and Vilnius)
• Flexible working hours and opportunity to work from home
• Regular team-wide events
• Additional Medical care
• Company office massages
• Opportunity to use the Payhawk product with monthly commuting allowance

Payhawk is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.