About the job
Job Title: Transaction KYC Analyst
Department: Compliance – Transactions Division
Location: Fully Remote within Canada or USA; Greater Toronto Area Preferred
Reports to: Michael Xiao, Legal Director (Compliance Department)
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent.
About Avantia Law
Avantia Law is at the forefront of the legal and compliance services industry, leveraging AI technology to serve leading asset managers, private equity firms, and institutional investors worldwide. Our unique approach combines deep sector knowledge with AI-driven workflows, enabling our clients to accelerate their operations, mitigate risks, and expand on a global scale.
With our headquarters in London and additional hubs in New York, Denver, and Toronto, we are redefining legal and compliance service delivery by integrating the expertise of seasoned lawyers with advanced technology. Our proprietary AI platform, AVA, enhances efficiency by automating tedious processes, surfacing critical institutional knowledge, and equipping our legal teams to negotiate effectively, respond swiftly, and achieve superior outcomes for our clients.
What makes us truly unique is our culture. Avantia Law is a team of innovative professionals—lawyers, technologists, and specialists—who view change as an opportunity to forge the future of our industry, rather than merely adapt to it. We embrace clarity over caution, innovation over inertia, and collaboration over hierarchy, fostering a pragmatic and ambitious environment where legal and compliance services can be delivered with greater impact and reduced friction.
Position Overview
As a Transaction KYC Analyst, you will collaborate closely with the legal, compliance, and investment teams of asset managers to facilitate the successful completion of intricate private equity deals. Your primary responsibility will involve conducting thorough Know Your Customer (KYC) analyses and reviews on behalf of our clients. This role focuses on complex transactions involving debt, equity, real estate, and infrastructure across various jurisdictions and sectors. You will play a vital role in supporting our clients' investment risk management processes while ensuring compliance with relevant anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regulations, internal policies, and jurisdictional requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with clients' legal and compliance departments and/or investment teams to understand transaction structures.
- Engage with clients and relevant counterparties to obtain essential materials and information via email or teleconference.
- Analyze ownership and control structures to identify counterparties, including fund structures, SPVs, partnerships, trusts, and other complex entities common in financial transactions.

