UBS India | Client Onboarding Specialist

Responsibilities

• As an Associate Director – Client Onboarding & KYC, you will serve as a Senior subject matter expert and Escalation point within the Client Lifecycle Services function, with end to end accountability for oversight, risk assessment, and quality assurance of complex client onboarding and remediation activities across AMER regions.
• You will be part of the Client Lifecycle Services team based in Hyderabad, India, operating within a fast paced and highly regulated investment banking environment.
• Work closely with regional onboarding teams across EMEA and AMER.
• Partner daily with IB Sales, Compliance, Financial Crime Prevention, Risk, Legal, and Tax teams.
• Act as a senior escalation point and trusted advisor for onboarding specialists, reviewers, and approvers.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and informal leadership to junior team members to enhance overall quality and consistency.
• Contribute to a culture of risk awareness, accountability, and customer centric service delivery.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive experience in Client Onboarding, KYC/AML, Due Diligence, or Financial Crime Risk, preferably within Investment Banking.
• Proven track record operating at a senior approval and decision making level, managing complex and high risk client relationships.
• Expert level regulatory knowledge, with demonstrated experience across EMIR, Dodd Frank, MiFID, and FINRA.
• Strong hands on experience with tax related due diligence, regulatory tax requirements, and complex tax classifications.
• Advanced capability in analyzing complex legal entity structures, including corporates, funds, trusts, SPVs, foundations, and partnerships.
• Exceptional analytical, investigative, and problem solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present effectively to senior management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure while maintaining accuracy and quality.
• Sound risk judgment, decision making capability, and escalation discipline.

UBS

UBS is a global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland, which also provides diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, the group is present in more than 50 markets around the world.

In India, UBS employs more than 15,000 people in Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad. Alongside its client-facing businesses, large Group Functions teams there handle financial accounting and cost controlling, financial and regulatory reporting, capital reporting, treasury, valuations and product control, risk control and compliance for the wider group. UBS also runs India internship programmes for CA, CMA and CS students, and CA, CMA, CFA and MBA (Finance) profiles are common in its finance and risk roles.

• Industry: Global wealth management, banking and asset management
• Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland (UBS Group AG)
• In India: A team of more than 15,000 people across Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad, working across wealth management, investment banking, brokerage services and research, and in the group's finance, risk, compliance, operations and technology functions