Client Desirability Risk Analyst

1 week ago


Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

About us, purpose, experience and qualifications

**about us**:
**purpose**:
The function is intended to partner with coverage in performing adesirability assessment on clients, by gathering knowledge of our clients,understanding the nature of their activities, analysis of client data and beingable to understand our client’s behaviour and evidence this appropriately. Thiswill require using key risk sensitive AML criteria with a view todistinguishing high-risk clients from non-high-risk clients and performing enhanceddue diligence (EDD) based on the results. The role will also entail providing AML related support / advise tocoverage and related business units around potential new transactions. To beable to critically analyse and provide advice on a potential transaction/dealstructure will be a valuable skill. The individual will be required to provideoperational support during the KYC process, if required, and finally to applyexceptions where permitted by law. The Client Desirability Analyst will also be responsible for conductingregular and ad-hoc client EDD sign offs and thus assist management infulfilling their duties in ensuring compliance with the Financial IntelligenceCentre Act and related legislation.

**experience and qualifications**:

- B. Com (Hons) or CFA or equivalent degree
Preferred Qualification:

- Post Graduate Qualification, Honors, in Risk Management or similar. (preferred)
**Experience**:

- Experience in a banking environment with an understanding of client on-boarding, KYC (AML) processes and Financial Crime Risk Management.
- Certificate in Money Laundering Control will be an advantage.
- Ability to program or use advance analytic tools would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of AML requirements and best practice essential.
- Strong knowledge of corporate and investment banking products with specific focus on correspondent banking products / services and SWIFT messages and payment flows.
- In-depth understanding of global financial crime regulations.
Technical Knowledge / skills and experience:

- Build professional working relationships with all stakeholders, displaying sound abilities to listen, advise, influence and present at all levels
- Integrate opinions and information provided by various sources to make strategic decisions
- Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences
- Find opportunities to leverage relationships and share knowledge where appropriate
- Act in ways consistent with RMB’s brand and values
- Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others
- Plan and manage own workflow, anticipating obstacles, juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed time-frames and according to quality standards
- Act in an ethical, transparent and morally defensible manner, including highlighting unethical practices
- Continually share, debate and communicate learnings
- Flag and debate issues constructively
- Promote co-operation in working with others to achieve shared goals
- Financial industry and markets knowledge
- RMB business units, products, systems and processes
- Strong MS office proficiency
- Agile work methods
- Analysis and attention to detail
- Ethical judgment
- Assertiveness
- Time and self-management
- Building relationships
- Customer service orientation
- Business insight and risk awareness
- Organizational awareness
- Report writing skills
- Strong MS office proficiency
- Verbal and written communication (incl. listening)
- Confident to responsibly challenge, even if based on gut feel and not on data or facts
- Research
- Self-management
- Judgement and Decision Making
- Excellence Orientation
- Building Relationships
- Teamwork
- Influencing and Impact
- Consulting and Advising
- Knowledge Sharing



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