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About the Role

This role is critical for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of client onboarding for high-net-worth and institutional clients. You will serve as a key quality control point within the account opening process, reviewing Know Your Customer (KYC) documentation to ensure all regulatory requirements and internal policies are met before accounts are finalized. Your work directly supports risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, and a seamless onboarding experience for Private Banking clients.

Responsibilities

Review KYC documentation for new client accounts, ensuring all required data, supporting documentation, and regulatory requirements are fully satisfied.
Partner closely with Relationship Managers and internal teams to resolve questions, clarify requirements, and ensure timely account onboarding.
Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or potential risk indicators and take appropriate action, including escalation when needed.
Ensure all reviews are completed accurately and efficiently within established same-day service level expectations.
Work across multiple systems to validate information and complete reviews with a high level of precision.
Provide feedback to onboarding partners to improve quality, consistency, and adherence to KYC standards.
Recognize trends or recurring issues and contribute to process improvements and stronger controls.

Requirements

6+ years’ combined higher education and/or work experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
Experience supporting Private Banking, Wealth Management, or Capital Markets environments.
Prior experience reviewing financial documentation or working within controlled, compliance-driven processes.
Strong attention to detail and ability to identify missing or inconsistent information.
Ability to work independently and manage a high-volume workload with tight deadlines.
Experience in banking, financial services, or a related field.
Familiarity with regulatory review processes such as KYC, compliance, audit, or FinCEN requirements.
Background in operations, back-office processing, or financial data review (e.g., accounts payable/receivable, bookkeeping, accounting).
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
Eligible candidates must live within reasonable commuting distance to one of our two offices.
Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm (with a one-hour lunch break).

Skills

KYC
Regulatory Review
Financial Operations
Attention to Detail
Independent Work
Time Management
Communication Skills

Location

Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
626 Commerce Drive, Amherst, NY 14228

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

6+ years combined higher education and/or work experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field

Salary/Compensations

$32.89 - $54.81 Hourly (USD)

About the Company

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees.