KYC Analyst – Sanctions

About the Company

SUNRATE is a leading global payment and treasury management platform for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2016, SUNRATE has enabled companies to operate and scale both locally and globally in 190+ countries and regions with its cutting-edge infrastructure, global network, and unified solutions.

SUNRATE operates through offices across key markets, including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London. The company partners with the top global financial institutions, such as Citibank, Standard Chartered, Barclays, J.P. Morgan. SUNRATE is also the principal member of Mastercard and Visa.

About the Role

The KYC Analyst – Sanctions is responsible for conducting sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening across the client lifecycle. This role focuses on alert review, matching, and disposition, ensuring SUNRATE remains compliant with global sanctions regimes and internal risk standards. You will play a critical role in protecting the organisation from sanctions exposure by identifying potential matches, clearing false positives, and escalating true hits. This is a high‑impact role within a fast‑growing fintech environment, offering exposure to global markets, diverse client profiles, and evolving regulatory expectations.

Responsibilities

• Review, analyse, and disposition sanctions, PEP, and adverse media alerts generated by screening systems.
• Determine whether alerts represent false positives, true matches, or require escalation.
• Escalate true matches, uncertain cases, or unusual activity to senior compliance personnel.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and audit‑ready sanctions screening records.
• Support remediation activities, data quality checks, and sanctions‑related process improvements.
• Assist with tuning, testing, and optimisation of sanctions screening tools and workflows.
• Stay updated on sanctions developments, regulatory changes, and internal policy updates.
• Collaborate with internal teams to resolve information gaps and ensure timely alert clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Law, or a related discipline.

Required Skills

• 1–3 years of AML/KYC experience; sanctions screening experience is an advantage.
• Familiarity with sanctions lists, PEP screening, and AML databases.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to assess risk and escalate appropriately.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Comfort working with global teams across multiple time zones.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with fintech, cross‑border payments, or high-growth digital financial institutions is beneficial.
• Exposure to screening tools, AML systems, or workflow platforms.
• Ability to interpret corporate documents and understand international business structures.

Pay range and compensation package

Shifts Available: AM Sanctions Shift: 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM MYT, PM Sanctions Shift: 3:00 PM – 12:00 AM (Midnight) MYT