KYC Analyst
95% skill overlap
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Periodic Review Analyst (KYC)
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- L3 salary
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- Upcoming dated changes
- 10 changes ahead
What the role does
A Periodic Review Analyst keeps existing customer files up to date under know your customer (KYC) rules. The role reviews customers at intervals set by their risk rating, or when a trigger event occurs, checks that identity, ownership and business information is still correct, re-runs screening, compares actual account activity with the expected profile and updates the money laundering risk rating. Unexplained changes are escalated to financial crime teams. It is an entry role in financial crime operations.
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A day in the life
The analyst opens the periodic review queue: ten files are due this week, ordered by risk and due date. The first is a medium-risk company whose last review was three years ago. The analyst checks the company registry and finds a new director and a change in shareholders, so a request for updated documents goes to the relationship manager. Next the analyst compares twelve months of transactions with the expected activity recorded at onboarding. Payments to a new country are much higher than expected, so the analyst asks the customer for an explanation and supporting invoices. After lunch the analyst handles a trigger review: a negative news article about a customer's owner was picked up by screening. The analyst assesses its relevance and escalates the file to a senior reviewer. Mid-afternoon goes to closing two files where the customer did not respond after several reminders, following the exit procedure. The day ends with updating risk ratings and case notes and the team's backlog tracker.
Levels
- L1 Starting out
- L2 Independent
- L3 Senior or specialist
- L4 Leads a team or an area
- L5 Leads the function
Full level descriptions and job titles
The EFO level names are the common scale; job titles differ between employers.
| Level | What the work looks like | Typical years | Typical job titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 Starting out | Completes periodic reviews for lower-risk customers with procedures, re-runs screening, requests updated documents and learns AML rules, risk rating and systems under quality review. | 0-2 | Banks: Analyst, Junior Analyst, Associate (asset servicing), Trainee, GraduateAsset servicers: Junior, Specialist (entry), Officer |
| L2 Independent | Handles medium and high-risk reviews and trigger events end to end, analyses account activity against the profile, updates risk ratings and trains L1 analysts. | 2-5 | Banks: Analyst / Senior Analyst, AssociateAsset servicers: Specialist, Senior Specialist, Senior Officer |
| L3 Senior or specialist | Senior analyst or quality reviewer. Reviews complex and high-risk files, decides on escalations, supports remediation projects and helps improve review procedures. | 5-9 | Banks: Senior Associate, AVP, Assistant ManagerAsset servicers: Senior Specialist, Expert, Team Lead (small team) |
| L4 Leads a team or an area | Leads a periodic review or remediation team, owns backlog, service levels and quality, and is the escalation point for overdue reviews, customer exits and audit findings. | 8-14 | Banks: VP, Manager, Senior ManagerAsset servicers: Team Lead, Manager, Head of Section |
| L5 Leads the function | Head of KYC operations or customer due diligence for a legal entity or region. Accountable for keeping the customer base compliant, sets standards and reports on risk and backlog. | 12+ | Banks: Director, Executive Director, Managing Director, Head of functionAsset servicers: Head of Department, Director |
Skills
Where the skill weights come from
Each role lists its skills with a tier and a weight. The weights of one role add up to 100 percent.
Source: the EFO role catalogue, built from the ESCO classification and reviewed by the editors.
The percentage is the skill's share of the role; the bars are drawn relative to the anchor skill, which is shown full.
Critical
- Know your customer due diligenceWeight 14.6%Relevant to you
- Anti-money laundering regulationWeight 9.8%Relevant to you
- Sanctions regimes and screeningWeight 9.8%Relevant to you
- Transaction monitoring and reportingWeight 9.8%Relevant to you
Important and supporting skills 17
Important
- Attention to detailWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Investigative reasoning on anomaliesWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Professional written communicationWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Ticketing platforms (ServiceNow)Weight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Ethical judgment in grey areasWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Working to tight deadlinesWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Client service mindsetWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Data cleaning and validationWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
Supporting
- Conduct and investor protection rules (MiFID II, FINRA, SEBI)Weight 2.4%Relevant to you
- Querying data with SQLWeight 2.4%Relevant to you
- Integrity and discretionWeight 2.4%Relevant to you
- Risk judgment and escalation instinctWeight 2.4%Relevant to you
- Process mapping and redesignWeight 2.4%Relevant to you
- Organisation and prioritisationWeight 2.4%Relevant to you
Useful
- Visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau)Weight 0.8%Relevant to you
- Data protection and privacy law (GDPR, CCPA, DPDP)Weight 0.8%Relevant to you
- Stakeholder managementWeight 0.8%Relevant to you
Processes
The work the role takes part in.
What each process covers
- AML transaction monitoringMain
- Client onboarding and KYCMain
- Sanctions screeningMain
Where the role concentrates
How AI is changing the role
Periodic review is moving toward continuous monitoring: tools refresh registry and screening data automatically, flag changes and compare activity with the expected profile, so fewer full manual reviews are needed.
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Periodic review is moving toward continuous monitoring: tools refresh registry and screening data automatically, flag changes and compare activity with the expected profile, so fewer full manual reviews are needed. The European Banking Authority reports AI use in EU banks for anti-money laundering with governance expectations. Value grows in assessing why a customer's behaviour changed, deciding on escalation or exit, handling customer contact and checking automated alerts. The new EU AML rulebook and the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) push for consistent review standards across the EU.
Dated changes for this role
- EU Digital Identity Wallets: banks must accept themRelevant to you
- Swift defers SR2026 and the end of unstructured addressesRelevant to you
- Instant payments: banks outside the euro area must receive instant euro transfersRelevant to you
- UK cryptoasset regime: application window and start dateRelevant to you
- Instant payments: payment and e-money institutions join the obligationRelevant to you
Salary snapshot
Salary figures are not published yet
The L3 salary range for this role, with its sources, will appear here when the salaries section opens.
Certifications
- CAMS
- ICA Diploma in Compliance
- CIPP/E
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Sources
KYC (Know Your Customer)Know Your Customer is the process a firm uses to establish and verify who its customer is, who owns and controls it, what the relationship is for and how risky it is, before onboarding and throughout the relationship. In EU law it is carried out through customer due diligence measures.
AMLA (Anti-Money Laundering Authority)The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism, set up by Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 and based in Frankfurt, coordinates national AML supervisors and FIUs and drafts technical standards. From 2028 it will directly supervise a group of high-risk cross-border financial entities.