Know Your Customer Specialist

Join Our Team at GEMS Iberia!

About Us: Global Energy Management and Supply (GEMS) is a key business unit of ENGIE, a global energy leader. With over 1,400 employees across 8 main locations, we manage one of the world's largest and most diverse energy portfolios. At GEMS, we are passionate about driving the transition towards carbon neutrality and creating a sustainable future.

Why GEMS?

• Inclusive and Flexible Work Environment: We believe in fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and work-life balance. Our team is dedicated, enthusiastic, and committed to making a difference.
• Growth and Learning: At GEMS, we value continuous learning and growth. We encourage breakthrough results, curiosity, and team spirit.
• Values: Our core values include Collaboration & Care, Learning & Growth, Client Culture, Accountability & Trust, Leadership & Congruity. If you share these values and want to take action to energize a sustainable world, we want to hear from you!
• Digital Solutions Focus: At GEMS Iberia, we are committed to leveraging digital solutions to drive innovation and efficiency. Your role will involve making the best use of digital tools and look for opportunity to implement AI solutions in AML/KYC daily tasks.

The position is based in Madrid, within EGM Madrid branch, with functional reporting to Deputy CRO Europe; and Local manager: COO

EGM Madrid, branch of the French company Engie Global Markets (EGM) that is MIFID licensed as investment firm and regulated in France, Belgium, Singapore and Italy.

Mission

Provide KYC/AML and Ethics analysis, monitoring and reporting services to support the development of the GEM BU.

Ensure compliance with existing regulations, ENGIE and BU GEMS internal policies and the implementation of GEM KYC tools and processes.

Be instrumental in building the know-how and training other analysts of the team in this respect.

Participation to regular tasks managed by the team such as Bad press Watch, Sanction and PEP watch, SSI watch, Mailbox watch …..

Participation to Permanent supervision controls by implementing corrections requested.

In some circumstances, support the management in handling some regulatory projects (Watch, filtering, country risk rating, policies review etc…) and by accompanying the business in the development of new activities.

Responsibilities:

1. Compliance with GEM risk

Ensure the implementation and compliance of GEM KYC policies, tools, process and best practices.

• Client on-boarding and client portfolio review

• Analysis of files to ensure KYC/AML and Ethics compliance for new and existing counterparties;
• Depending on seniority level “4-eye check” responsibility will be endorsed
• In support of specific deals, proposition of clauses with counterparties, in collaboration with the legal department;
• Participation to regular tasks managed by the team such as Bad press Watch, Sanction and PEP watch, SSI watch, Mailbox watch …..
• Correction of findings linked to Permanent supervision controls
• Support the management in handling some regulatory projects (TMT, Watch, filtering, country risk rating, policies review etc…) and by accompanying the business in the development of new activities.
• Answer external requests
• Answer to urgent business needs and provide support –
• Ensure a follow-up of existing counterparties in terms of KYC to raise alerts if needs be.
• Search for documents using databases and request documents from customers
• Responsible for MIFID / EMIR / REMIT classification
• Management of alerts: sanctions / bad press

2. Reporting

• Provide meaningful alerts and recommendations.

Key skills, knowledge and abilities:

• Experience on AML/KYC file validation
• Education level: Master degree
• 10 years of relevant experience in a KYC/AML risk position (ideally in a trading or CIB banking environment).
• Commodity transactions: products (physical and financial), mechanisms and risks would be a plus
• Risk/reward approach
• Business enabler culture, ie: optimize on-boarding flow by advising FO on prioritization
• Control culture
• Solution driven
• Good stress resilience
• Good communication skills
• Fluent in English and Spanish written & oral;
• Other languages are a plus

Ready to Make an Impact? Join us at GEMS Iberia and be part of a team that is driving the energy transition. Apply now and take the first step towards an exciting and rewarding career!

Global Energy Management (GEM) is one of ENGIE’s 24 Business Units. At the heart of the energy value chain, GEM optimizes the Group’s assets portfolio including electricity, natural gas, environmental products and bulk commodities such as biomass, while developing its external commercial franchise worldwide. We provide services in supply and logistics management, asset management by leveraging on markets, risk management, market access management, and contribute to market understanding, design and efficiency.

With a staff of 1,400, offices in 11 countries and 4 trading platforms, GEM has an extended geographical coverage in Europe and Asia-Pacific and activities in more than 50 countries.