Associate KYC Officer

Invest International

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Invest International’s legal mandate is to support companies with foreign activities and international projects that contribute to the Dutch economy by improving competitiveness and earning capacity and to support projects that offer solutions to global challenges.

We believe in a world where businesses and governments work together to solve global challenges. Our mission is to connect Dutch solutions to global challenges strengthening worldwide resilience and safeguarding Dutch earning capacity.

Organization

Invest International opened its doors in October 2021, in The Hague. We are a state-owned company set up by the Dutch government. A private company funded with public capital. Our people, network and knowledge allow us to maximize impact for our stakeholders.

Website: investinternational.nl ↗

The position

As Associate KYC Officer, you will join our first-line KYC Team at a pivotal stage in its development. Invest International is centralizing its end-to-end KYC activities to strengthen quality, consistency, ownership and regulatory readiness.

Reporting to the KYC Manager, you will take ownership of KYC assessments and screening activities for new and existing clients. You will maintain complete and auditable files and work closely with Investment Managers, Compliance and other internal stakeholders.

Depending on your experience and the needs of the team, you may also conduct four-eyes reviews of KYC assessments completed by colleagues.

Your responsibilities

- Perform end-to-end KYC assessments for new and existing clients, including periodic reviews, and prepare well-supported risk ratings and conclusions.

- Identify and verify clients, ownership structures, ultimate beneficial owners, directors and other relevant associated parties.

- Conduct sanctions, PEP and adverse-media screening in DDC and World-Check, investigate alerts and escalate potential matches where appropriate.

- Assess customer, country, product, transaction, ownership, source-of-funds and reputational risks, applying enhanced due diligence when required.

- Collect and assess supporting evidence, resolve information gaps and maintain complete, accurate and auditable KYC files in DDC.

- Manage KYC workflows, including questionnaire set-up, CRM synchronization, review deadlines, follow-up actions and data quality.

- Coordinate reverse-KYC requests from partner institutions and provide practical KYC guidance to deal teams and other support functions.

- Contribute to accurate management information and to improvements in KYC processes, templates, tools and work instructions.

- Apply AI-supported tools responsibly when conducting research, comparing screening results, preparing summaries or producing first drafts, while independently validating sources and exercising professional judgement.

- Where assigned, conduct four-eyes reviews of assessments completed by colleagues and critically evaluate the analysis, evidence, risk classification and conclusions.

- Discuss complex cases, material integrity concerns and potential policy exceptions with the KYC Team and KYC Manager, including whether Compliance involvement or further escalation is required.