KYC Specialist
TLDR
As a KYC Specialist, you will oversee onboarding and compliance reviews while enhancing customer experiences and collaborating across teams to prevent fraud.
About us
GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking.
GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions.
We are headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Leeds, and additional locations in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States.
At GoCardless, we're all about supporting you! We’re committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner — we’re here to help!
And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply!
The role
This role is part of the international Customer Operations group.
In this role, you will be responsible for onboarding and verifying new GoCardless customers, as well as conducting Customer Due Diligence reviews for existing clients, ensuring all processes are both compliant and customer-centric. As a senior member of the Customer Operations team, the KYC Specialist will also act as a primary escalation point for compliance-related issues, both within the team and across other departments.
Working hours
Monday - Friday, 10 am - 7 pm
We are a 24x7 operation and require our employees to demonstrate a willingness to work on some bank holidays.
What excites you
- Reviewing Adverse Media, PEP and Sanctions screening escalations and providing detailed risk assessments and recommendations.
- Opportunities to upskill other team members, proactively share your knowledge with the team and propose process improvements.
- Supporting our Merchants during their onboarding and verification stages.
- Handle internal escalations to relevant teams, such as potential fraud, ML/TF activities, and complex cases.
- Collaborating with various teams, such as AML Financial Crime and Customer Success, to help make sure we’re creating a seamless onboarding experience for customers.
- Conducting due diligence checks on new and existing Merchants in accordance with internal and external requirements.
What excites us
- You are verbally fluent in English and can communicate clearly in writing to support customers via email or over the phone.
- You have previous experience in KYC or AML.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
- You care deeply about providing customers with a great experience while keeping calm under pressure.
- You're comfortable working with internal stakeholders at all levels, upholding our core product & compliance requirements with a problem-solving approach.
- Prior experience using tools like Zendesk or Looker is preferred, but not essential.
Salary range: € 1500- € 2300 (gross)
Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data. Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point (€ 1500- €1900 (gross)) of the pay range until performance can be assessed in the role. Offers will take into account the level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.
(some of) The good stuff
- Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
- Work away scheme - gives you the option to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period
- Adaptive Working - allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle
- Equity - all permanently employed GCs get equity to help you make a valuable contribution
- Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
- Learning Budget - lead your own development with an annual learning budget
- Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)
Life at GoCardless
We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Working this way creates the GC magic- the reason we all love showing up to work.
Diversity & Inclusion
We’re building the bank payment network of the future and our ambition is to move money anywhere, for anything, for anyone. If we’re going to achieve this goal, we need to build a team of ‘GeeCee’s’ that is as wonderfully diverse as the world we live in - with a multitude of perspectives, experiences & backgrounds.
We've got a long way to go, but here's how we're doing as of 2025:
Female Employees – 44%
Ethnic background – 25%
Identify as LGBTQIA+ – 9%
Neurodivergent – 9%
Disabled – 1%
We’re rooting for you during your application and GoCardless aims to provide reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process as remarkable and accessible as we can. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you need extra support.
If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latest D&I Report
Sustainability
We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. In 2021 we became co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, a group of businesses committed to taking climate action as part of the UNFCCC Race to Zero. We aim to reduce our impact and to create positive change on the natural world. Check out our sustainability action plan here.
Find out more about Life at GoCardless via Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Benefits
Equity Compensation
Equity - all permanently employed GCs get equity to help you make a valuable contribution
Flexible Work Hours
Adaptive Working - allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle
Learning Budget
Learning Budget - lead your own development with an annual learning budget
Paid Parental Leave
Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
Paid Time Off
generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)
GoCardless is a global bank payment company that enables over 100,000 businesses—from start-ups to well-known enterprises—to streamline their payment processes. By offering solutions for direct debit, real-time payments, and open banking, GoCardless simplifies the collection and sending of payments, eliminating the hassle of chasing payments and minimizing fees. With AI-powered technology, it enhances payment success and security, processing over $130 billion in payments annually across more than 30 countries.
- Founded
- Founded 2011
- Employees
- 51-200 employees
- Industry
- Diversified Financial Services
- Total raised
- $25M raised