Customer Due Diligence Team Lead Jobs

Clear Street

Location:
United Kingdom, London

Category:
Finance

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Job Description:

The Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Team Lead will work with the MLRO and the DMLRO to ensure that risk-based customer, counterparty and vendor KYC is undertaken in accordance with legislative, regulatory, best practice and internal standards. This will involve conducting and supervising reviews at the onboarding stage, at periodic refresh and following a trigger event. It will also involve providing guidance to CDD team members in relation to how more complex situations should be addressed and will also involve the authority to approve KYC for a number of account types. This role will fulfill a core function in relation to upholding the CSUK financial crime risk management framework.

Job Responsibility:

Undertake and supervise counterparty outreach to obtain necessary CDD documentation
Undertake and supervise desk-based reviews to obtain counterparty CDD documentation
Undertake and supervise counterparty screening to identify alerts for politically exposed persons, sanctions matches and adverse media
disposition or escalate screening alerts as necessary
Allocate and challenge counterparty risk ratings
Undertake and supervise client categorisation under MIFID II
Keep up to date with developments in CDD legislation, regulation, best practice and internal requirements
Suggest enhancements to internal CDD processes and procedures
Liaise with the Business to provide updates on the status of individual CDD reviews
Provide management information on the progress of individual CDD reviews
Undertake ad hoc projects to support the overall financial crime and CDD control framework
Liaise with counterparties to provide them with relevant client onboarding documentation and ensure this is completed correctly
Respond to reverse KYC questions
Undertake, document and supervise enhanced due diligence reviews
Ensure that accounts are offboarded in accordance with internal procedures
Keep thorough records of all work undertaken to ensure the integrity of the audit trail
Guide CDD team members, and CSUK employees, on relevant CDD requirements
Identify red flags that arise as part of the onboard or refresh process and escalate these as appropriate
Approve KYC files completed by others
Undertake ad hoc project work as required to contribute to the wider CSUK financial crime control framework

Requirements:

Five years of experience in a CDD role within the wholesale financial services industry
Solid understanding of UK and international financial crime legislation, regulation and best practice, including the Money Laundering Regulations, the FCA Financial Crime Guide for Firms, JMLSG, Wolfsberg documentation etc
Experience of onboarding complex and high-risk clients, including offshore entities, hedge funds unregulated corporates and politically exposed persons
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Confidence to deal with colleagues at all levels of the organisation
Experience of working with screening software such as World-Check
Degree in Business, Finance, Law or a related field

Nice to have:

Professional qualifications in financial crime management preferred such as CAMS certification

What we offer:

competitive compensation packages
company equity
pension
gender neutral parental leave
full medical and dental insurance

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 07, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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