{"id":3153259,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ibanfirst-kyc-analyst-institutional-clients","title":"KYC Analyst Institutional Clients","company":{"id":53160,"name":"iBanFirst","domain":"ibanfirst.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ibanfirst","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Recruitee","truth_index":null},"role":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":"middle","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Paris, France"],"countries":["FR"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":45000,"max":50000,"currency":"EUR","period":"year","gross":true,"usd_annual":56084},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T13:16:21Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-23","last_verified_at":"2026-10-27T15:48:59Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":4,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":4},"description":"Who are we?\niBanFirst is a fast-growing European fintech that is revolutionising international payments for SMEs. Founded in 2016, our platform empowers Small & Medium Multinationals (SMMs) to regain control over their payment operations: currency conversion, international transactions and foreign exchange risk management across 140 countries - quickly, transparently and securely.\nWe make life easier for SMEs through an advanced technology platform - automation, APIs and AI - combined with dedicated expertise. We offer the best of both worlds: the agility of a SaaS solution and the reliability of a trusted partner.\nBy simplifying complexity, iBanFirst helps thousands of bold companies seize international business opportunities with peace of mind.\nKey figures\n350+ employees across 14 offices in 11 European countries\n\n30+ nationalities represented\n\n10,000 corporate clients\n\n€80M in revenue in 2025, with a target of around €100M in 2026\n\nA profitable and fast-growing company\n\nRanked among the fastest-growing European companies in the Financial Times FT1000\n\nAn NPS of 87.5, reflecting strong client satisfaction with the simplicity, speed and quality of our service\n\nA strong culture built around four core values\nTeam First: The complexity of our industry demands collective intelligence. We prioritise cooperation, transparency and knowledge sharing. Success is a team effort.\n\nTenacity: We are transforming a challenging and highly regulated market. It requires endurance, fast learning and resilience.\n\nTransformation: Innovation is a necessity in a constantly evolving sector. We innovate with intent and focus on improvements that create real impact.\n\nTrust: Trust is the foundation of everything we build. It is driven by ownership, autonomy, transparency, rigor and reliability.\n\nWhy join us?\nWork in a strategic and highly regulated sector: international payments for SMEs.\n\nContribute to a meaningful mission supporting companies operating internationally.\n\nDevelop expertise in institutional client onboarding, KYC, AML and financial crime risk.\n\nCollaborate with Sales, Compliance, Operations and other control functions.\n\nJoin a profitable, fast-growing fintech where your work has a direct impact on client onboarding and risk management.\n\nGrow in an international and multicultural environment.\n\nRecruitment Context\nAs iBanFirst continues to grow its institutional client activity across Europe, we are strengthening our KYC Operations team.\nWe are looking for a KYC Analyst to assess complex institutional and corporate clients throughout the client lifecycle.\nThe role covers new client onboarding, enhanced due diligence, periodic reviews, event-driven reviews and the escalation of higher-risk cases.\nWhile the position is based in Paris with a primary focus on Institutional Client onboarding, the scope is expected to include both French GFA and Institutional Clients, as well as exposure to Luxembourg-specific activities. Experience with SPVs, investment funds, and complex ownership structures would therefore be highly valuable.\nYou will contribute to ensuring that iBanFirst understands how legal entities are owned, controlled and operated, and that proposed client relationships are consistent with the company’s risk appetite and regulatory obligations.\nManager & Team\nYou will report to Sabin, KYC Team Lead, who is based in Bucharest.\nYou will join a 24-person Due Diligence team distributed across four offices: Paris, London, Bucharest and Sofia.\nYou will work in an international and collaborative environment, coordinating with colleagues across locations on client due diligence, complex KYC/AML cases and risk assessments.\nWhat will you do?\nAs a KYC Analyst - Institutional Clients, you will assess complex institutional and corporate clients across Europe and provide clear, well-supported and audit-ready recommendations.\nClient onboarding, due diligence and risk assessment\nManage KYC and AML reviews for new institutional and corporate clients, from initial assessment through approval, rejection or escalation.\n\nUnderstand the client’s business model, legal structure, intended use of the iBanFirst platform and expected transaction activity.\n\nIdentify and verify UBOs, controlling persons, directors, authorised signatories and other relevant stakeholders.\n\nAnalyse complex ownership and control structures across jurisdictions, including layered, indirect and nominee arrangements.\n\nAssess source of wealth, source of funds, investment rationale, expected activity and relevant counterparties.\n\nPerform sanctions, PEP, adverse media and reputational screening.\n\nAssess wider financial crime risks and determine when enhanced due diligence is required.\n\nDefine the evidence required to complete a review.\n\nPrepare clear recommendations and escalation notes.\n\nMaintain complete, consistent and audit-ready client files.\n\nInstitutional client expertise\nYou will work on a broad range of institutional structures, including:\nPrivate equity funds;\n\nVenture capital funds;\n\nReal estate and debt funds;\n\nAlternative investment funds;\n\nFund vehicles;\n\nSpecial Purpose Vehicles (SPVs);\n\nHolding companies;\n\nProject finance structures;\n\nGarantie Financière d’Achèvement (GFA) structures;\n\nAsset managers;\n\nFamily offices;\n\nCollection accounts;\n\nOther multi-layered international structures.\n\nSuccess in this role requires understanding why a structure exists, how money moves through it, who ultimately controls it and whether the relationship is consistent with its stated purpose and risk profile.\nStakeholder and client management\nAct as a trusted and independent KYC partner to Institutional Clients Sales.\n\nProvide clear guidance on KYC requirements, potential blockers and expected timelines.\n\nExplain KYC requirements in a professional and solutions-oriented way.\n\nWork closely with Compliance, Operations and other control functions on complex cases.\n\nManage competing priorities and keep stakeholders informed of progress, decisions and timelines.\n\nBalance client experience with robust and independent risk management.\n\nOngoing reviews and process improvement\nPerform periodic and event-driven reviews in line with client risk classification and internal standards.\n\nAssess changes in ownership, control, business activity, jurisdictions, key persons, counterparties and transaction behaviour.\n\nReassess client risk ratings when new information or changed circumstances warrant it.\n\nReview unusual or inconsistent activity in partnership with relevant Monitoring and Compliance teams.\n\nContribute to procedures, risk frameworks, templates, playbooks and quality controls.\n\nSupport remediation exercises, thematic reviews, audit requests, regulatory change projects and quality assurance initiatives.\n\nShare expertise with the wider KYC team.\n\nContribute to strengthening institutional-client onboarding standards.\n\nHow you will work\nThe role combines individual ownership with close collaboration.\nYou will be expected to:\nTake responsibility for your cases;\n\nAsk the right questions early;\n\nCommunicate clearly with internal stakeholders;\n\nInvolve the appropriate control functions when a broader view is required;\n\nMove comfortably between detailed document analysis, structured risk writing and stakeholder discussions;\n\nExplain complex conclusions simply;\n\nSupport your conclusions with clear and reliable evidence.\n\nWhat success looks like\nInstitutional clients are onboarded and reviewed to a consistently high standard.\n\nRisk assessments are accurate, proportionate, well-reasoned and fully documented.\n\nEscalations are timely, structured and supported by clear recommendations.\n\nSales and control functions view KYC as a trusted, pragmatic and independent partner.\n\nOnboarding timelines improve without weakening controls or creating avoidable rework.\n\nClient files remain complete, current and audit-ready.\n\nYou contribute measurable improvements to processes, guidance and institutional-client standards.\n\nWhat do you bring?\nRequired experience\nAt least 3 years of relevant experience in KYC, AML, Compliance or financial crime prevention.\n\nDemonstrated experience assessing complex institutional, investment or corporate client structures.\n\nExperience working in a regulated financial institution or another environment with formal financial crime controls.\n\nA track record of making sound, evidence-based decisions and escalating risks appropriately.\n\nTechnical knowledge\nAML and counter-terrorist financing frameworks and risk-based approaches.\n\nSanctions compliance, PEP screening and adverse media analysis.\n\nCorporate ownership and control analysis, including UBO identification.\n\nEnhanced due diligence, source of wealth and source of funds assessments.\n\nInvestment fund structures, asset management ecosystems and institutional operating models.\n\nReal estate investment vehicles, SPVs, holding companies and cross-border ownership structures.\n\nPractical application of internal policies, regulatory expectations and documented risk appetite.\n\nSkills and competencies\nStrong analytical, investigative and critical-thinking skills.\n\nAbility to understand, map and challenge complex ownership structures.\n\nSound judgement and professional scepticism.\n\nComfort making decisions with incomplete information.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\n\nAbility to produce clear case assessments and escalation notes.\n\nCommercial awareness and the ability to balance client experience with robust risk management.\n\nHigh attention to detail and strong documentation discipline.\n\nAbility to manage deadlines and competing priorities.\n\nCollaborative mindset and willingness to share expertise.\n\nLanguages and qualifications\nFluent French and English, written and spoken, are mandatory.\n\nAn 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Interview with Sabin Ciocanelli (KYC Operations Manager)\n- 30 minutes - remote via Teams\n- Purpose: KYC and AML experience, understanding of complex client structures, analytical approach and day-to-day fit.\n3. 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