KYC / AML Officer with German

You will be part of the Warsaw KYC team, that covers the client onboarding and review for entities of Societe Generale Group.

The position requires a natural interest and curiosity to learn about financial markets and banking activities and the ability to reprioritize tasks in order to enhance our service to the client and internal stakeholders. Candidates must be able to focus in high pressure situations, and are self-motivated to develop themselves through proactive engagement within the team and across business units.

• Be a single point of contact / hinge between the business lines, compliance and management
• Facilitate new clients onboarding / existing clients management: perform due diligence controls, write risk assessments, validate / update client profiles
• Perform KYC/AML support functions

• Exposure to a very dynamic and international working environment
• Great team spirit, one of our core principles
• The chance to learn about all aspects of corporate and investment banking in a support function dealing with business lines across Europe
• Work closely with stakeholders in a small branch as well as globally across the bank.
• Great opportunity to develop your analytical writing skills, as well as becoming involved in the creative process that is essential to a modern KYC support unit.
• Improve your presentation and communication skills through various engagements (business unit trainings, senior management committees for high risk clients, new joiner program, etc.)
• Understand the bank’s organization through a central business unit and learn about its obligations towards internal and external stakeholders, whilst playing an active role in implementing its strategies
• Permanent employment contract, attractive compensation and benefits package.

• Fluent business level English (2 positions) or German + English (4 positions), (additional language skills are considered a plus) however basic knowledge of or prior exposure to further languages is essential.
• 3-5 years recent prior professional employment in a related field. 
• University or business school graduate, with a degree qualifying you to work in the financial sector, majoring in: finance, economics, law or international relations. Graduate degrees are considered a plus.
• Excellent analytical and writing skills, and willingness to develop these on the job.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills (sense of service and flexibility that are expected in support functions), and motivation to improve these with experience.
• Excellent time management and ability to work autonomously.
• Excellent ability to self-study and engagement to learn under pressure.
• Responsible, committed with a good attention to detail.
• First-hand professional experience of the European financial regulatory environment (AML, PEP, tax, etc.), however international experience is considered a plus and may justify basic knowledge of the local regulations.
• Société Générale is committed to developing and retaining its employees, therefore any previous Group experience is a plus.