Senior CDD Operations Associate

Company: Worldpay

Location: London, United Kingdom

Employment Type: Permanent

Job Posting Date: 2025-08-09

Job ID: 23069616

Work Schedule: Full time

Salary: Competitive

Are you ready to write your next chapter? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We're looking for a Senior CDD Operations Associate to join our ever-evolving Customer Due Diligence team and help us unleash the potential of every business.

Location: Gateshead - Hybrid Working Option Available

What you'll own as the Senior CDD Operations Associate

• As a member of our Customer Due Diligence Team, you will play a crucial role in safeguarding the company's reputation and mitigating financial crime risks by conducting thorough investigations ensuring alignment with Worldpay policies and risk appetite.


• Conduct Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) for new business relationships, reviewing customer profiles and ownership structures in line with Worldpay's policies.


• Perform ongoing monitoring of existing customer relationships following trigger events or through scheduled periodic reviews.


• Assess sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening hits, escalating findings where necessary.


• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders such as Business Development and Compliance teams to ensure smooth onboarding and review processes.


• Ensure CDD reviews meet regulatory standards while maintaining operational efficiency.


• Identify potential risks and discrepancies, escalating issues for further review.

What you'll bring

• 5+ years of experience in CDD, KYC, AML, or financial crime compliance within financial services, payments, or another regulated industry.


• Extensive hands-on experience handling complex and high-risk cases, including multi-layered corporate structures, offshore entities, high-risk jurisdictions, and PEPs.


• Strong practical knowledge of AML regulatory requirements and due diligence best practices in high-risk cases, including exposure to FCA, FinCEN, MAS, or EU AML Directives.


• Ability to conduct Quality Control (QC) reviews and ensure casework meets internal and external regulatory requirements.


• Ability to interpret financial documents, identify risk indicators, and assess source of wealth/funds.


• Holds a relevant professional qualification, such as ICA Advanced Certificate/Diploma in AML or Financial Crime, ACAMS, or CFCS.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly present risk findings to stakeholders and justify risk-based decisions.

It's a bonus if you have

• Experience conducting due diligence on high-risk customer types or regulated gaming/gambling firms subject to enhanced scrutiny.


• Familiarity with merchant acquiring and payments.


• Experience with CDD/KYC platforms such as Orbis, Fenergo, Actimize, or Salesforce.

About the team

To learn more about our winning teams, check out our world-class teams that own it every day.

What makes a Worldpayer

What makes a Worldpayer? It's simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions and finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We're dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we're determined, always staying open and winning and failing as one.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer. Apply now to write the next chapter in your career.

Privacy Statement

Worldpay is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how Worldpay protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at Worldpay works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. Worldpay does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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escalating findings where necessary. Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders such as Business Development and Compliance teams to ensure smooth onboarding and review processes. Ensure CDD reviews meet regulatory standards while maintaining operational efficiency. Identify potential risks and discrepancies, escalating issues for further review. What you'll bring 5+ years of experience in CDD, KYC, AML, or financial crime compliance within financial services, payments, or another regulated industry. Extensive hands-on experience handling complex and high-risk cases, including multi-layered corporate structures, offshore entities, high-risk jurisdictions, and PEPs. Strong practical knowledge of AML regulatory requirements and due diligence best practices in high-risk cases, including exposure to FCA, FinCEN, MAS, or EU AML Directives. Ability to conduct Quality Control (QC) reviews and ensure casework meets internal and external regulatory requirements. Ability to interpret
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