Financial Crime Compliance Associate

Accenture Industry and Enterprise

In today’s business environment, growth isn’t just about building value – it’s fundamental to long‑term business survival. So how do organizations sustain themselves? The key is a new operating model—one that’s anchored around the customer and propelled by intelligence to deliver exceptional experiences across the enterprise at speed and at scale. At Accenture Industry and Enterprise, you will deliver breakthrough business outcomes for clients—by harnessing talent, data and intelligence to revolutionize their operating models.

What You’ll Do

As a KYC Agent based in Lisbon, you will conduct customer due diligence activities within the banking industry. Your role will involve verifying identities including those of the Ultimate Beneficiary Owners (UBO), assessing risks, and ensuring compliance with KYC/AML (Anti-Money Laundering) regulations. This includes reviewing documents, analyzing information to define the appropriate due diligence level, managing KYC cases, and escalating potential issues as necessary—supported by digital tools and AI-assisted workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform KYC due diligence for customer onboarding and regular reviews.
• Accurately verify and review identity documents for completeness, validity, and consistency.
• Assess customer risk factors to determine necessary levels of due diligence.
• Conduct compliance checks aligned with KYC standards, regulations, and internal frameworks within the banking sector.
• Collaborate with banking technology systems and AI tools to ensure accurate case management and efficient workflows.
• Analyze, document, and structure findings for audit readiness and compliance reporting.
• Escalate compliance gaps or client risk issues as per defined escalation protocols.
• Ensure case management meets quality and deadline standards relevant to the banking sector.

Soft Skills

• Positive mindset & team spirit (collaborative, supportive)
• Customer focus (puts the customer at the heart of solutions and improvement ideas)
• Clear communication (spoken and written; able to explain complex topics clearly)
• Analytical thinking & problem solving (investigates issues, identifies root causes)
• Attention to detail / accuracy (quality-focused, careful execution)
• Prioritization & multitasking (manages deadlines, maintains overview under pressure)
• Autonomy / ownership (works independently, takes responsibility for outcomes)
• Learning agility (willingness to learn and build expertise over time)
• Stakeholder management (works effectively with internal/external parties; coordinates resolution)

What You  Bring 

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field; or comparable relevant experience.

Language

• Proficient in English (B2 level or higher); French and/or Dutch is a plus.

Experience

• We are seeking dynamic candidates with a strong willingness to learn. Previous experience in transaction banking operations, KYC or KYR, or a comparable environment (such as a bank, corporate treasury, or shared service center) would be considered an advantage, though it is not a mandatory requirement.

Legal: Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space Nationality to legally work in Portugal.

May be required to work on Client-observed holidays and local holidays

Weekend availability may be required

Overtime may be required to meet deadlines or project needs

 

You must submit your CV in English.

What We Offer 

• Health insurance
• Life Insurance and Pension Plan Programs
• Free medical services at the office (Physician, Nutritionist, Psychologist)
• Wellness programs
• Flexben Program (Support for Education, Kindergarden, Training, Technology, Health)
• Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Personalized training paths and access to Udemy and Plurisight Plataforms
• Flex-ability program (financial and flexible support for people with disabilities)
• Special banking conditions

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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