KYC & Compliance Officer

Are you a keen observer and detail oriented? Are you familiar with the regulations, policies and the risks regarding the onboarding of (new) retail and professional clients in the financial sector and do you have experience and/or interest in Compliance? Would you like to work on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in an enthusiastic and vibrant environment with international colleagues? Is your answer to this: “Yes”?

Then AFS Group has a great opportunity for an ambitious and motivated KYC & Compliance Officer, and we are looking for you!

About us

AFS Group (AFS) is a European financial services provider for business and retail customers, specializing in executing orders, providing advice and custody of financial instruments (such as shares, deposits, bonds and derivatives). In addition, AFS facilitates in-house (regulated) trading platforms, we have a MTF license and an OTF license. At the beginning of 2023, AFS expanded its activities to custody services and to offering services to retail customers via asset managers and crowdfunding platforms. The combination of these roles offers AFS great opportunities for creating new product-market combinations. AFS now has more than 160 FTE, and more than 25 nationalities spread over various entities. As a KYC & Compliance Officer you will work for the three regulated entities under AFS Group (Interest, Execution Services & E-Venues, together approximately 80 FTE).

Content of the position

• Carrying out customer due diligence work for new customers; Together with the business, you ensure that we onboard customers efficiently and with adequate quality;

• You assist in carrying out periodic assessments of existing customers to ensure compliance requirements, such as our KYC/CDD policy, are met;

• You work together with internal stakeholders such as Risk, IT, the back office and the front office;

• You contribute to developing and/or revising the (compliance) policies in connection with periodic updates or changes to regulations;

• You advise and guide our employees and the organization with respect to changes in legislation and regulations and in the explanation of new and existing compliance guidelines;

• Carrying out compliance checks.

What do we expect from you?

• You have completed a HBO/Bachelor's degree (e.g. Law) and you have at least 1,5 year of work experience as a KYC/CDD analyst/Compliance Officer or in a similar position;

• Retail CDD knowledge is an advantage;

• You master the Dutch and English language, both orally and in writing;

• You enjoy working on Compliance tasks in addition to CDD;

• You have good communication skills and are a real team player;

• You work independently and in a structured manner, you are operationally oriented and you have a critical mindset.

What we offer you

• A nice position in the heart of Amsterdam, where you can develop as a KYC specialist and as a Compliance Officer, through on-the-job training and additional courses;

• A group of enthusiastic, vibrant and international colleagues with more than 25 nationalities;

• Fast-growing and ambitious organization located on the oldest Stock Exchange floor in the world: Beursplein 5 in Amsterdam;

• 27 vacation days per year (on a full-time basis);

• Possibility to participate in a varied lunch made by an in-house chef;

• Indoor fitness, travel allowance, discount on health insurance, various team activities and annual AFS parties, activities and weekly Friday afternoon drinks.

Apply!

Are you ready for a new challenge and would you like to become part of our fast-growing organization? Please send your application via the application form or contact the recruitment team for more information about the procedure via recruitment@afsgroup.nl.

Due to the holidays, we will respond to applications from January 2.

Application process

1st round: Video call with our Recruiter

2nd round: COO AFS Group and Head of Legal & Compliance

3rd round: Head of AFS Interest

If all colleagues are positive, you will receive a job offer from us and we look forward to a pleasant collaboration.