Compliance Specialist

Compliance Specialist - Ebury Luxembourg

Office based 4 days per week, 1 day per week working from home

The Role

As Compliance Specialist for the Luxembourg branch, you will work in the Compliance department and be located in Luxembourg. You will manage the daily compliance of the Lux office and work closely with the EIS Compliance Officer and MLRO. The EIS department focuses on funds, fund managers, trusts and corporate service providers at group level.

The main purpose of this role is to manage the compliance framework within the Lux branch. The objective is to maintain the integrity and compliance of the country branch, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements, reporting obligations and maintaining an open, transparent and effective relationship with our regulators within the country. In addition, this role will assist with the implementation of policies and procedures and keeping them up to date when needed, as well as supporting our training and development program.

Role requirements:
● We are looking for a self-driven Compliance specialist with at least 3-4 years of relevant experience within the financial industry.
● Solid knowledge in regulatory and AML compliance specially in Luxembourg, and the ability to take ownership of parts of a Compliance framework in a fast-paced Fintech environment.
● The person must demonstrate proven organizational and time management skills, have excellent communications skills (both written and verbal), with the ability to gain credibility fast and influence key stakeholders. The working environment is fast paced, agile and highly results orientated so the individual must be comfortable working within this type of highly rewarding, dynamic environment.
● In addition, the individual must be comfortable with working autonomously, have relevant Compliance/Legal qualifications and a good level of commercial awareness. It will be pivotal to have good interpersonal skills to interact with regulatory bodies.
● Proficiency in English is required.
● Any professional certifications or a law/economics degree will be considered a plus
● Prior experience in the funds industry, funds managers, as well as understanding of trusts and corporate service providers is a plus

Key Responsibilities are, but not limited to:

● Hold the role of Compliance Specialist for the country branch (Luxembourg)
●Assistance to the EIS Compliance officer / MLRO for Luxembourg cases
● Drafting and updating local policies and procedures, while ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements
● Assist with reporting obligations and ensure compliance with statutory deadlines (including but not limited to AML Reports, Payments Reports, etc.)
● Handle connection to authorities regulatory portals
● Liaise with regulatory bodies, ensuring effective and smooth communication
● Develop and maintain relevant parts of the compliance framework (AML/CFT and Regulatory Policies)
● Liaise closely with the Group Compliance (United-Kingdom) and Belgium Compliance to ensure that compliance policies and procedures are consistent with company policy
● Help improving the operational compliance processes based on the local policies (liaise with the MLROs and local ops teams)
● Keep abreast of ordinances/circulars/recommendations from the Regulator(s) and continuously ensure that the Entity’s policies and procedures adhere to these
● Audit the first line of defense procedures and processes
● Assist with external AML audits
● Provide advice on High Risk clients/escalations and SARs
● Assist with ad-hoc queries from the business teams
● Attend regulatory forums and industry meetings to keep up to date with industry standards
● Desirable to have experience dealing with the country regulators/national bank

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