KYC/B (Know your Customer/Business) Lead

About Wolt At Wolt, we create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. In 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now we’re building the delivery of (almost) everything and you’ll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the world.

In 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe. Working at Wolt isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely exciting. Here you’ll learn more, build more, and ship more than in most other companies.

You’ll be challenged a lot, but also have a lot of fun on the way. So, if you’re a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit, this could be the ride of your life. Our company, Wolt License Services (WLS), is a dynamic organization specializing in payment and financial services for our parent company Wolt, a prominent platform marketplace, and Wolt’s customers.

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, including AML, safeguarding customer funds, and maintaining robust internal controls. As a licensed and supervised payment and e-money institution, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and efficiency in our operations. As we continue to expand our financial services and drive innovation, we are seeking to strengthen our regulatory compliance capabilities by recruiting a highly skilled and experienced KYC/B Lead to join our 1LoD team.

The KYC/B Lead will be responsible for the implementation of a comprehensive business and personal customer onboarding procedures and supporting in ensuring the institution's compliance with AML regulations and FIN-FSA guidelines on customer due diligence. This role requires a deep understanding of regulatory standards, together with knowledge around market best practices for CDD in a fintech and effective communication with key stakeholders across the DoorDash group of companies. The role will report to the Head of Financial Crime Prevention.

What you'll be doing Managing activities related to customer due diligence for business and personal customers, including: onboarding, ongoing and enhanced due diligence, customer risk scoring, and management of vendors, who are providing necessary technical capabilities for CDD. Serve as the subject matter expert for KYC and KYB, leading relevant policy implementations and control designs, monitoring industry best practices developments across EU/EEA and supporting relevant tooling enhancement developments and implementations. Providing functional guidance to relevant operational teams, including training, clear instructions, and oversight; fostering a strong compliance culture and driving continuous improvements through daily support and awareness programs.

Maintaining full oversight of the customer risk landscape and CDD lifecycles, ensuring all customers are onboarded in a compliant manner and stay compliant throughout their lifecycle. Supporting in the preparations of regular reports to Senior Management on the status of CDD activities, their risks, compliance, and performance metrics. Acting as the primary escalation point and bridge between WLS and its customer onboarding operational teams, fostering strong internal cooperation and managing operational teams responses during incidents.

Our humble expectations Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Law, Finance or a related field. 6+ years in Financial Crime Prevention within financial services, ideally in a Payment or E-Money Institution or marketplace/payment platform, with proven expertise in framework design, control ownership and regulatory engagement. , Payment Services Directive 2 and the E-Money Directive) and best practices for customer due diligence.