Does easyAML facilitate employee Personnel Due Diligence?
Personnel Due Diligence (PDD) covers role-driven questionnaire, identity verification, PEP and sanctions screening, conflict of interest declaration and integrity assessment.
PDD (“Personnel Due Diligence” or "Know Your Employee") is available. The workflow is similar tp the customer KYC flow but with role-specific questions tailored to AML/CTF integrity expectations:
- Mobile-friendly - the employee completes via their phone, similar to the customer KYC flow.
- Role-driven questionnaire - the employee receives a series of questions based on their role (CO, 2IC, Senior Manager, CDD User, Frontline Staff). Higher-risk roles get a deeper questionnaire.
- Identity verification - the employee's VOI is captured the same way as a customer's.
- PEP/sanctions/adverse-media screening - runs against the employee's identity to confirm they're not on watchlists or sanctioned.
- Police check integration - the Compliance Officer includes a police check under the AUSTRAC integrity rules; other personnel do not require police checks under the standard rules but can be screened where the firm's risk profile calls for it.
Police check automation is being developed; in the meantime, COs can upload a completed police check from a recognised provider (e.g. CrimCheck, Australian Federal Police, state police) as supporting evidence. The captured data flow is structured so police-check submission becomes a clean integration once it's enabled.
The AUSTRAC integrity-rule framework sits in Rules 5–14. See AUSTRAC's AML/CTF Program reform materials for the broader context.
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