Senior KYC Specialist

Since being founded in 2018, Copper has been building the standard for institutional digital asset infrastructure with a focus on custody, collateral management, and prime services.

Led by Amar Kuchinad, Copper's Global CEO, the firm provides a comprehensive suite of custody, trading and settlement solutions that reduce counterparty risk and bring greater capital and operational efficiency to digital asset markets. At the heart of Copper's offering is Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology – the gold standard in secure custody. Copper’s multi-award winning custody system is unique in that it can be connected to centralised exchanges, DeFi applications and even staking pools without the assets leaving the custody.

Built on top of this state-of-the-art custody, ClearLoop is the first solution in the market that overcomes a growing industry challenge; counterparty risk with exchanges. This solution underpins a full prime services offering, connecting global exchanges, and enabling customers to trade and settle directly from the safety of their MPC-secured wallets. By reducing settlement time for transfers to a few milliseconds (without blockchain network dependency) and offering enhanced security measures, ClearLoop is rapidly reshaping the way asset managers trade and manage capital.

In addition to industry-leading security certifications, Copper has one of the strongest insurance coverages in the industry from an A+ rated insurer, positioning the firm as the partner of choice for institutions seeking to safeguard their assets.

Department environment 

The KYC Operations team are part of the Client Onboarding team who sit within Copper’s Revenue Department. The Senior KYC Specialist will be responsible for completing and overseeing Know Your Customer (“KYC”) and Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) due diligence on Copper’s clients to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and to safeguard Copper against financial crime risk.

Key Responsibilities of the role

• Ensuring appropriate KYC and CDD checks are completed in line with Copper’s Compliance Policies in each operating jurisdiction.
• Ensuring the correct risk ratings are assigned to client cases according to the approved CRA.
• Ensuring appropriate screening has been completed for Sanctions, PEPs & negative news on both legal entities and individuals.
• Interpreting client information to identify instances requiring escalation or necessitating further investigation and/or enhanced due diligence.
• Presenting and escalating complex structures or high-risk cases to the Head of Client Onboarding and respective MLRO for consultation.
• Conducting comprehensive and robust quality checks on the cases completed by the Onboarding Analysts; reviewing Customer Due Diligence (CDD) records to a high standard, ensuring an eye for detail so that any errors are identified, corrected, and resolved prior to the approval of the case.
• Coordinating and providing oversight of the periodic review process.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of onboarding controls and refinement of KYC processes and procedures.
• Main point of contact for Tier 1 client entity onboards.
• Training and mentoring new joiners to the KYC Operations team.

Your experience, skills and knowledge

• Understanding of and genuine interest in Crypto, Fintech and Financial Services. 
• Possess a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a qualified university.
• Excellent Financial Crime, KYC and CDD subject matter knowledge with relevant experience onboarding institutional clients  
• In depth understanding of the UK Money Laundering Regulations, EU Fifth Money Laundering Directive and global sanctions regimes.
• Strong analytical, communication and organisational skills. 
• Strong team player who embraces listening, straight talking, transparency, ownership, and accountability and can work cross-functionally both alongside their peers and with people of differing seniority.
• Flexible in considering working hours, taking on additional tasks not necessarily covered in this job description and managing multiple tasks simultaneously. 

The benefits offered

• Holidays: 27 days per annum paid holiday, in addition to bank holidays
• Years of Service Days: Employees are awarded one additional day of paid time off per year of service (up to three years)
• Vitality Health:
  • Medical Insurance: Copper provides all employees with individual cover. Medical history is disregarded, and a 24/7 virtual GP is available (£100 excess per person per year)
  • Dental Insurance: Comprehensive dental cover for preventative, restorative and emergency treatment
  • Audiology Cover: Employees can claim back up 80% of costs, up to £300, for any hearing tests or hearing aids
  • Optical Cover: £500 optical cover (through Vision Express) or 80% reimbursement up to £300 for any other optician
  • Menopause Support: Unlimited support for those experiencing symptoms of the menopause, such as video consultations with a dedicated menopause practitioner
  • Vitality services also include an additional £100 for minor diagnostic tests and private prescriptions, including home diagnostics
  • Headspace - Copper's policy provides all employees with a free Headspace subscription. Headspace provides great resources to manage stress, improve sleep, meditate and enhance mindfulness
  • Discounts and free benefits - the Vitality programme has been designed for preventative care to encourage members to improve their overall health and will reward those for doing so. Employees can access additional benefits such as 50% off running shoes, discounted health screenings, 50% off at Nuffield Health or Virgin Active gyms and much more
• Home Working Energy Support Scheme: to combat energy prices increasing globally, Copper will provide you, in addition to your salary, with a monthly top-up of £60 or £75 (subject to your energy supplier)
• Pension up to 10% matched contribution to our company pension scheme via Smart Pensions
• Cycle to Work
• Life Insurance cover: Four times your base salary
• EAP: access unlimited mental health consultations and contact a 24/7 confidential helpline for emotional support
• Unmind
• Sponsored Learning and Development opportunities
• Regular company events and social activities

In return for everything you can bring to Copper, we can offer you an exciting, challenging role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with career opportunities and welcoming working environment.

If you think you have everything we're looking for and more, then we'd love you to apply for the opportunity.

Copper is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and equal opportunities in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. So, bring us your experience, perspectives, and skills. It is in our differences that we will continue to grow and ensure Copper is transforming how institutional investors engage with digital assets. Copper is a Disability Confident Employer, please let us know if you have a disability. If you require us to provide any assistance during the recruitment process, then we would ask you to highlight this to us and we will be happy to accommodate.