Education: Bachelor's in Marketing Communications and Advertising
Position: KYC Analyst
Employed since: April 2019
Fun fact: I've worked as a wine tasting guide at a winery in a beautiful castle just outside of Barcelona
I was born and raised in the former Soviet Republic of Latvia and have since lived in England and Barcelona before moving to Denmark. I speak 4 languages (Russian, Latvian, English and Spanish), and if I succeed Danish will be my 5th. Before starting my position in DC, I worked at Dow Jones in Risk and Compliance in the Politically Exposed People (PEP) team.
I wanted to grow my career in AML Compliance and live in Denmark.
Polina Golubeva, KYC Analyst
I am a KYC Analyst in DC. KYC (Know Your Customer) is part of international guidelines for financial services within Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism Financing policy in order to make an effort verifying identity, suitability and risk involved in maintaining a business relationship. In DC we conduct ongoing due diligence on all our counterparts.
My typical workday usually consist of compiling files on new counterparts or verifying existing ones. Other than that, I check for sanctions, matches and/or breaches.
The best part of my job definitely is to read up on adverse information about our counterparts and evaluating the risk in that regard!
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