KYC Analyst

About Wahed:
The global financial system wasn't built for everyone. For millions of people, its reliance on interest (riba) creates a barrier to managing money and building wealth without compromising their values.

At Wahed, we're changing that. We are a global fintech company on a mission to build a new financial system—one that is ethical, accessible, and entirely interest-free. From our offices across the globe, our team is building products that were once deemed impossible, from pioneering Shariah-compliant equity ETFs, creating riba-free alternatives to high yield savings accounts, to creating no-leverage real estate investments for truly interest-free income producing assets. If you're driven to solve complex problems and believe finance should empower, not exclude, join us in building a more equitable financial future.

Job Description: :
• Performing research on prospective and existing clients related parties to identify and analyse a sanctions nexus.
• Relevant experience of Compliance activities particularly in relation to Sanctions preferred.
• Conduct internal and external outreach for EDD reviews, Negative news and PEP screening.
• Assesses whether alerts raised by sanctions screening systems raise any sanctions concerns.
• Follow operational procedures on sanctions alert handling, including document the decision rationale.
• Conduct additional background research as appropriate, to help assess risk and mitigate AML Risk.

Job Specification::
• 1 to 3 years of experience in KYC, AML, Due Diligence.
• Should possess strong verbal and written communication skills with an eye for detail
• Should be able to handle customer queries through calls/emails and chat.
• Knowledge in MS office.
• Ability to manage and complete specific tasks with minimal direction
• Willingness to continuously learn, upgrade skills and stay relevant to business demands.
• Comfortable working in Rotational Shifts.