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Manchester, United Kingdom Hybrid Employment

apply is hiring a KYC Onboarding Specialist

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate risk factors associated with new individual account applications
  • Collect necessary information and documentation to fulfill KYC compliance requirements
  • Verify customer-provided documents by consulting internal records and external data sources
  • Identify and manage high-risk cases, including politically exposed persons and sanction list matches
  • Detect patterns of suspicious behavior and escalate concerns as needed
  • Conduct comprehensive checks on customer documentation using tools like CIFAS and other databases
  • Monitor established customer accounts for compliance and risk changes over time

Benefits

  • 33 days of annual leave, including public holidays, plus a paid birthday leave
  • Eligibility to participate in the company's equity scheme
  • Provision of personal health days for well-being
  • Enrollment in a workplace pension plan with a 3% employer contribution
  • Access to a £500 learning and development fund after one year of employment
  • Provision of necessary work equipment, typically a MacBook Pro
  • Access to a modern office space in Central Manchester
  • High level of independence supported by an experienced and collaborative team
  • Opportunities for professional growth within a dynamic, high-growth startup environment
  • Employment at an organization committed to ethical practices and industry reform

Work Arrangement

Hybrid — Central Manchester

Office/remote working

Most team members are currently working remotely. Remote work has positively impacted work-life balance, and flexibility will continue post-restrictions. The company maintains a modern Manchester office for strategic in-person collaboration. The current model involves working one day per week in the office, so candidates able to commute occasionally are best suited.

Diversity and Inclusion

The organization is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees are respected and valued. Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion are core to its values. Reasonable accommodations are provided during recruitment and employment.

To all Recruitment Agencies

The company does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Do not send agency resumes to job postings or employees. No fees will be honored for unsolicited submissions. All applicants must apply directly through the official platform. Do not contact the company or staff via email, LinkedIn, or other channels for updates or inquiries—such attempts will not be acknowledged.

Other

  • Currently, most staff are working remotely.
  • The working model includes one day per week in the office; candidates able to travel occasionally are preferred.
  • The organization aims to operate as a 24/7 customer-centric service.
  • Work schedule includes shifts across five days between Monday and Sunday, totaling 37.5 hours weekly.
  • Shift times are scheduled in advance and generally fall between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
  • Reasonable adjustments are provided to all candidates during the hiring process.
  • All applicants must apply directly through the official application platform.
  • Candidates should not contact the company or employees via email, LinkedIn, or other channels.
  • Any such contact attempts will not receive a response.
About company
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At Kroo Bank, we’re building the future of banking with modern technology and a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and impact. Unlike traditional banks or outsourcing firms, our engineers shape real products used by thousands of customers every day in the UK.

Why join us?

  • Be part of a new generation UK bank. Kroo was awarded a full UK banking licence in 2022, making us one of only a handful of fintechs to achieve this milestone.
  • We’re one of the fastest-growing banks in the UK, reaching £1 billion in deposits faster than any of our peers, with 200,000+ customer accounts and growing every day.
  • Work with a modern stack: Clojure, React Native, Kafka, AWS, Docker, Terraform.
  • Practise or learn functional programming (we’ll support you even if you’re new to it).
  • Be part of a cross-functional squad where engineers, designers, testers and product managers collaborate as equals.
  • Permanent employment contract in Romania, 100% remote, with flexible hours and a healthy work-life balance.
  • Competitive salary and stock options, so you share in the success of the company.
  • Join a young, dynamic, and mission-driven organisation where your work directly shapes how people bank in the UK.

What you’ll do

  • Build and deliver new features end-to-end, from idea to production, in a modern CI/CD environment.
  • Work across the stack including backend microservices (Clojure, Kafka, AWS, Postgress) to frontend (React Native). We offer opportunities to specialise or grow as a full-stack engineer.
  • Collaborate daily with product, design, and engineering colleagues to ship customer-facing features in an agile environment based on Kanban and XP practises such as pair programming and test driven development.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and testable code, and participate in code reviews.
  • Contribute to system design discussions and bring ideas to improve scalability and resilience.
  • Keep learning, diving deeper into banking products, functional programming, mobile frameworks, or cloud infrastructure.
  • Optionally, contribute back to open source and share knowledge with the wider engineering community.

What we’re looking for

  • Professional experience in backend or mobile development (Clojure, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, or any functional language is a plus).
  • Interest in learning Clojure and functional programming.
  • Familiarity with modern cloud environments (AWS preferred).
  • Good communication skills in English and ability to work effectively in a distributed Agile team.
  • A collaborative mindset and passion for building high-quality products
  • Experience working in banking, fintech, or other highly regulated industries — understanding payments, compliance, or financial products is a plus.

About Our Process

We understand that competency is contextual, so throughout the process, we aim to gain an understanding of your experience and, if successful, to provide you with a role reflective of your demonstrated seniority. Our general interview process is as follows, but if your circumstances or timescales require, we can be flexible with its structure:

  • 30-minute meet and greet with our Talent Acquisition Specialist via Google Hangouts
  • 1-hour live coding exercise to work through a coding challenge with members of our development team via Google Hangouts
  • 1-hour system design. This is an opportunity to showcase a system you’ve worked on in the past via Google Hangouts
  • 30-minute opportunity to meet with our CTO and executives via Google Hangouts

Please let us know if you have any specific requirements or need assistance so we can be as accommodating as possible for you.

At our cutting-edge fintech company, we know that attracting and retaining the best talent means offering top-notch benefits that help our employees thrive both in and outside of work. Check out what we currently offer:

  • 20 days of annual leave
  • Paid National Holidays
  • 1 Kroo bank holiday (June 24th), and 1 day off during the week of your birthday.
  • Personal days: We know that life can be unpredictable, so we offer 3 personal days to use as needed.
  • Mental health support: We care about the mental health of our team members and offer access to Spill, our mental health support partner.
  • Top-notch equipment: We provide top-of-the-line equipment necessary for smooth hybrid work, including a MacBook laptop.
  • Room for growth: As a fast-paced, high-growth start-up, we're dedicated to providing our employees with room to grow and excel.

Diversity and Inclusion:

We wholeheartedly uphold our commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Every employee is highly regarded, respected, and supported without any form of judgement or prejudice. We consider Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion as fundamental pillars guiding our path in all aspects of our bank. We also ensure that reasonable adjustments are made available to all candidates throughout the recruitment process.

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Posted 2 months ago