Senior Associate, Fund Services

It’s never been a more exciting time to join Vistra.  

At Vistra our purpose is progress. We believe that our clients have the power to change the world and to do great things for global progress, and we exist to remove the friction that comes from the complexity of global business – to help our clients achieve progress without friction. 

But progress only happens when people come together and take action. And we’re absolutely committed to building a culture where our people can do just that.  

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as Senior Associate, Fund Services-TL. Reporting to the Assistant Manager, Client Acceptance, this full-time and permanent position is based in China, Foshan and offers regional coverage, allowing you to make a significant impact to our investor onboarding for fund clients / Client Acceptance and its’ growth.

Key responsibilities:

• Handle daily client due diligence (CDD) matters in various jurisdictions, such as conducting research on due diligence information, maintaining proper customer records, updating progress report, reviewing information supplied by investors / clients and corresponding to investors / clients
• Leading the KYC team, perform world-check on all applicants and ensure information is saved and filed securely review and further process KYC documents and follow up missing KYC information with the clients or the investors directly
• Conduct research from public information system to collect and verify due diligence information
• Perform data validation to ensure clients and investors information are accurately maintained in the respective clients and investors database
• Follow up due diligence matters on professionals and end-user clients’ non-complied companies
• Responsible for cascading updates made to the SOPs and processes and working with the relevant teams on updates made to the SOPs as it relates to CDD policies and procedures
• Manage and mentor a team of junior staff , provide new hire training, provide guidance and on-the-job assistance on complicated cases and daily operations of the Team
• Review due diligence cases for the team and monitor team performance to meet with Service Level Agreement (SLA)  and Group Compliance Policies as required
• Maintain and update the Group’s Customer Due Diligence Information System
• Handle any ad hoc duties as assigned

Key requirements:

• Education to degree standard (or equivalent qualification by experience)
• At least 3-5 years of working experience in AML/KYC/CDD preferred
• Previous experience in managing a small team is an advantage
• A sound understanding of the clients, services, people, processes and data associated with the relevant component
• Experience of working with business systems and applications in a financial/professional services organisation
• Professional fluency in written and oral English
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills with natural ability to adapt language and communication style to suit the intended recipient
• Good problem-solving skills with ability to make meaningful contributions to solution design, to ensure due regard to the business perspective