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KYC SME Senior Associate
Role summary
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The KYC SME Senior Associate supports Know Your Customer and client due diligence activities, helping PwC and its clients meet anti-money laundering, sanctions, and regulatory requirements. Responsibilities may include reviewing onboarding and periodic-review files, validating beneficial ownership and risk information, resolving complex cases, documenting decisions, and providing guidance to analysts or engagement teams. Candidates typically need a degree in finance, business, law, or a related field, along with experience in KYC, AML, customer due diligence, compliance operations, or financial crime risk. Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements, analytical ability, attention to detail, sound judgment, communication skills, and the ability to manage deadlines are expected. Experience with global clients, quality assurance, and team mentoring is advantageous.
Can I work in the Philippines?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Work permit route with the local-first test; firms in economic zones get their visa through the zone authority (PEZA); junior analyst roles are hard to justify.
Before you apply: Usually no licence. Some employers ask for vendor certificates (AWS, Microsoft, Cisco); signing audit reports needs a registered auditor.
Watch for: Since August 2026 PEZA processes zone visas while the work permit is pending; a Provisional Work Permit (PHP 4,040) lets you start while the 9(g) visa is pending.
Official source: Bureau of Immigration: Pre-arranged Employment Visa (9G). Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the Philippines
Usual for IT and Consultancy jobs in the Philippines, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Senior expat packages often add a housing allowance; local-hire contracts do not |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Employer files the permit and visa; fees are agreed in the contract; moving help for senior hires only |
| Flights | Yearly home flight in some senior expat packages; none for local hires |
| Contract | Regular after at most 6 months' probation (by law); foreigners' contracts follow the permit, 1 to 3 years |
| Leave | 5 days after 1 year; 10 regular holidays and 8 special days in 2026 (by law) |
| Income tax | 0% to PHP 250,000 a year (about USD 4,000), then 15% to 35%; 13th month tax-free to PHP 90,000 |
| Health cover | PhilHealth is deducted from pay and matched by the employer (by law); a company health plan is the office norm |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About PwC
PwC, or PricewaterhouseCoopers, is a global professional services network providing assurance, tax, consulting, deals, and risk advisory services. Its member firms operate independently but share a common brand, methodologies, and international reach. PwC Philippines serves local and multinational organizations across financial services, technology, consumer markets, government, and other industries. The firm helps clients improve governance, manage regulatory obligations, transform operations, strengthen controls, and make informed business decisions. Its people work in multidisciplinary and often international teams, with opportunities to develop technical, commercial, and leadership skills. The Makati office supports a broad range of advisory and shared-service activities, including KYC, anti-money laundering, risk management, and compliance operations. Employment commonly involves structured training, professional standards, client interaction, and a fast-paced environment with periods of increased workload.