Kyc Analyst

**WHO WE ARE**

**ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) **. As a global energy player in electricity, natural gas and energy services, ENGIE provides energy management solutions to its clients around the world through an expertise built on over 20 years managing diverse portfolios including power, gas, environmental and certificate products. GEMS is the energy management arm of ENGIE with access to local markets all over the world. Backed by a Group with a strong credit rating, GEMS has developed an unrivalled business model gathering the best of physical energy and financial worlds. The Global Biomass & LNG Business Platform is a rapidly growing sector of the company with staff in Asia, Europe, and North America.

One of the legal entities used by GEMS is EU MIFID licensed as an investment firm and follows KYC regulations in multiple countries. As such, the firm must comply with regulatory requirements in terms of client onboarding carried out by the Know Your Customer and Anti Money Laundering (KYC AML) department, which is part of the Risk expertise center. In addition to following statutory requirements, ENGIE also rigorously guards its reputation by researching potential counterparties in terms of negative press and CSR issues.

**WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE
**Description**

As a **KYC Analyst, **you will report to the Chief Risk Officer of the Global Biomass & LNG Business Platform. You will collaborate to the fulfillment of the missions of the department and may be involved in projects spanning multiple groups across commercial functions and staff.

Note: This is a 6 months contract role.

**The main responsibilities are**:

- Perform due diligence on new counterparties, request KYC information, review and verify received documents, enter information into KYC systems, and make an analytical assessment of counterparty risk.
- Review KYC clearance of existing counterparties, both on a regular review schedule and triggered by emergent events.
- Perform bad press screening & monitoring, PEP identification, adverse news screening, and present KYC files to management.
- Perform peer quality checks, validating the research and analysis. Verify due diligence standards are policy-compliant and that files and risk assessments are up to date.
- Escalate and present high risk clients to senior management, Compliance, CSR, and group Sanctions Team.
- Monitor and update internal databases for statistical reporting.

**YOUR PROFILE**
- Bachelor degree or higher. Business, Accounting, Finance preferred.
- 2-5 years of KYC experience in similar positions on-boarding corporate clients
- Experience with AML monitoring and screening tools is required. World Check, Transparint, Lexis Nexis preferred
- Excellent communication skills in English and Chinese, both verbal and written (as the role will be required to deal with documents in Mandarin and communicate with counterparties in China. Knowledge of Mandarin is essential)
- Strong research and analytical skills with good report writing skills required
- Meticulous, self-motivated, and highly organized with strong sense of ownership and responsibility.
- Excellent team player
- Able to multi-task, cope well under pressure, and meet tight deadline

**Preferred**
- Preferred to have AML/KYC work experience in major banks or oil supermajors
- At least some experience as a KYC file Checker preferred
- Familiar with energy commodities (Oil, Gas, Power, LNG, etc.) derivatives products and physical transactions
- Experience performing KYC on energy-related corporate and physical LNG / shipping counterparties