KYC Senior Associate

Founded in 2001, Partners Capital is an Outsourced Investment Office acting for distinguished endowments and foundations, senior investment professionals and prominent families across the globe. With $60B in assets under management, the firm constructs customized investment portfolios for its clients, tapping into its deep network of partnerships with what we consider exceptional asset managers across all major asset classes. Clients include INSEAD Business School, New York's Metropolitan Opera, Eton College, Colorado College, several Oxford and Cambridge University Colleges and several family offices around the world. The firm employs more than 300 people across its eight offices located in Boston, Texas, New York, London, San Francisco, Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Partners Capital is diverse and inclusive, in people and in thought. Our meritocracy is enabled by fostering a truly inclusive and collaborative culture. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where diverse perspectives, backgrounds and experiences are valued.

Role Description

Partners Capital are looking for a KYC Senior Associate to join our Global KYC Team based in Singapore. The business offers bespoke solutions to a wide-ranging group of clients, hence attention to detail is a crucial skillset in this role. The KYC Senior Associate will be responsible for interacting with a multitude of third parties with whom we liaise in relation to the management of our client's portfolios and prioritising and completing multiple tasks in order to meet deadlines.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the below.

• Own end-to-end KYC delivery for onboarding, remediation and ongoing review activity, ensuring cases are completed accurately and on time.
• Review complex client structures and apply appropriate KYC requirements and risk-based judgement (CDD / EDD escalation where required).
• Lead the collection, review and ongoing maintenance of KYC documentation and evidence standards.
• Support monitoring activity including refreshers, document expiries and trigger events, ensuring records remain current.
• Perform key controls including PEP and sanctions screening, review of alerts, and documenting outcomes with a clear audit trail.
• Partner closely with Compliance on escalations, approvals, exceptions and manage stakeholders to obtain client context, manage communications and avoid delays.
• Maintain accurate tracking of workload, deadlines and progress, supporting basic MI reporting.
• Provide guidance and day-to-day support to junior team members and contribute to training and quality consistency.
• Contribute to process improvements, documentation and standardisation across regions.
• Be responsible for ensuring all information security processes, policies and procedures are adhered to and any issues or concerns are raised with the Cyber Security team.
• Ensure full compliance with all local data protection regulations and privacy controls, and any related issues are raised via the appropriate channels.

Key Requirements

• Approximately 4–7 years experience in KYC / AML / client onboarding (financial services, asset management, investment office or similar preferred).
• Confident handling complex entity types and ownership structures, including UBO analysis and document interpretation.
• Strong understanding of AML / KYC concepts and ability to apply risk-based decisioning in practice.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working across global teams and time zones.
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to deadlines.
• High attention to detail and strong written documentation skills (clear rationale and audit trail).
• Strong Excel / Outlook skills and comfort working with internal case management / CRM tools.
• Professional, calm and solutions-focused approach, especially under pressure

Benefits

Partners Capital is committed to being a great place to work. We are focused both on wellbeing and professional growth. You can expect professional development and career progression opportunities, competitive compensation, exceptional benefits and a flexible results-focused working model.

Our benefits package includes private medical and life insurance, income protection and pension contributions. In addition, we partner with organisations to provide wellness benefits. Partners Capital supports global philanthropy via a charity program and provides a volunteer day for all employees. We also champion a variety of social events.