Analyst, Commercial KYC & Client Screening

ConocoPhillips•Houston, TX

About The Position

This is a counterparty due diligence role at the heart of the Commercial business. Working within our decentralized screening model, you will help ensure the counterparties we trade with — trading partners, terminals, brokers, agents, and marine-adjacent entities — are properly reviewed, understood, and cleared before we do business, and monitored for change afterwards. The majority of your time will be spent on KYC; a smaller portion supports our trade-monitoring program, giving you exposure to how trading activity is analyzed across global markets. We are looking for someone detail-oriented, self-motivated, and trainable, who brings a genuine risk mindset and sound judgment — someone who wants to understand why a counterparty or a piece of information doesn’t add up, not just tick a box. The successful candidate is curious, organized and communicates clearly.

Requirements

Legally authorized to work in the United States
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Finance, Economics, Law, Criminal Justice, International Relations, or a related field
1 or more years of experience in counterparty due diligence, sanctions or trade compliance, risk, banking, counterparty onboarding or contracts, or a related field (including internships)

Nice To Haves

Experience reviewing and clearing sanctions or adverse media alerts, and hands-on exposure to CDD/EDD and beneficial ownership reviews
Familiarity with sanctions regimes (US OFAC, UK OFSI, EU, Canada, Norway, Australia) and screening tools
Exposure to commodities/energy markets, or a demonstrated interest in learning them
Working proficiency with Excel, and exposure to data-visualization tools (Power BI / Tableau) or SQL — or a demonstrated ability and drive to pick them up on the job
Clear evidence of a self-taught skill or topic — a certification, project, or capability you pursued on your own initiative — demonstrating genuine drive to learn
Attention to detail and sound judgment, with the ability to work methodically through information and know when to escalate
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including documenting reviews clearly

Responsibilities

Conduct onboarding and periodic KYC reviews of Commercial and Marine counterparties
Perform beneficial ownership reviews, unpicking ownership chains and identifying ultimate beneficial owners
Review and adjudicate sanctions and adverse media alerts as part of counterparty reviews, resolving name matches and escalating true or uncertain hits
Identify and escalate red flags to senior analysts with clear, well-evidenced rationale, and support the ongoing risk review of counterparties already onboarded
Maintain the Approved Counterparty List and ensure screening records are accurate and complete
Support trade-monitoring operations that help identify global trading activity to help identify patterns, outliers, and potential risk indicators
Build a working understanding of the commodities ConocoPhillips trades and why counterparty screening matters to a global energy business
Participate in business-improvement projects that strengthen screening and monitoring processes, data, and systems