Senior Analyst- KYC

Position: AML/KYC Senior Analyst

Location: Manila

About Us

The Maples Group is a global leader in financial services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms, and international corporations.

Our side-by-side financial and legal teams consistently deliver award-winning services to a global client base, offering unrivalled learning and career opportunities to our 3,000 colleagues worldwide.

What’s it like to work here?

We are driven to excel, and collaboration is key to our continued success. We can go further for our clients because we go further for each other too. Our inclusive culture creates an environment where people can be themselves at work while doing their best work. No matter where you work in the Maples Group, you will be part of a global team.

About Your New Role

The KYC Analyst is responsible for conducting customer due diligence and ongoing monitoring to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies. This role plays a key part in preventing money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, and other financial crimes by verifying customer identities, assessing risk, and escalating suspicious activities.

Core Duties:

• Perform Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) for high-risk customers including PEP’s and, complex structures.
• Review and approve KYC files completed by analysts to ensure quality and compliance with internal procedures.
• Perform in-depth risk assessment on customers, including source of wealth/funds validation.
• Lead investigations and adverse media sanctions, and reputational risk cases.
• Act as escalation point for complex or suspicious cases.
• Recommend risk mitigation strategies and on-boarding decisions.

Leadership and Oversight:

• Coach and mentor KYC analyst and new joiners.
• Support team leaders and managers in workload planning and case prioritization.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of KYC policies, procedures, and controls.
• Participate in internal audits, regulatory and compliance reviews.

Process Improvement:

• Identify gaps and inefficiencies in KYC processes and recommend improvements.
• Support automation, digital onboarding, and KYC remediation projects.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in KYC, AML, Compliance, Risk, or Financial Services Operations.
• Strong working knowledge of KYC/AML regulations (e.g. FATF, local regulatory requirements).
• Experience in handling high-risk customers and complex structures.
• Hands-on experience with screening tools (e.g. World-Check, LexisNexis, Dow Jones, Refinitiv).
• Strong analytical and investigative skills.
• High attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive information confidentially.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Additional Language capabilities outside of English is advantageous (e.g. Mandarin, Arabic, etc.)

Sound like you?

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits & Rewards

The most enduring professional relationships are reciprocal relationships. The Maples Group prioritises employee health and wellbeing. Depending on your location, we offer a range of benefits, including:

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental and optical)
• Competitive vacation packages
• Educational assistance and professional development programmes
• Pension plan
• Life insurance
• Travel insurance
• Global mental wellness programme
• Sports clubs and social events