Does easyAML facilitate employee Personnel Due Diligence?
Personnel Due Diligence (PDD) covers role-driven questionnaire, identity verification, PEP and sanctions screening.
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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