Description
Junior Compliance Officer
Job description
Role summary:
We are seeking a motivated young professional or graduate to join the Compliance Office of Sanne LIS S.A. to support and work on various Compliance tasks, including AML/CFT topics. You will be reporting to the Head of Compliance in Luxembourg and work together closely with the other members of the department. There will be a well-founded induction for the different tasks. The role is based in our branch in Valencia, Spain.
Key responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance, together with the Compliance Team, with local and Luxembourg laws and regulations as well as to the internal and group policies and procedures;
- Support the Compliance Team in a broad spectrum of day-to-day-business;
- Assist in the performance of controls in accordance with the Compliance Monitoring Plan and ad hoc controls;
- Take on tasks in the daily processing of hits as part of the AML/CFT and sanctions screening of clients, business partners and funds assets;
- Depending on qualification and after adequate training, act as an escalation point when analyzing AML/KYC for new and existing clients and investments;
- Assist in maintaining the Compliance logs, such as Conflict of Interest register, Complaints register, PEP register;
- Review the AML/CFT KPIs from transfer agents, delegated portfolio managers and support the risk assessments for the respective funds;
- Be responsible for creating Compliance KPI-reports on fund level;
- Support the preparation of the annual Compliance report, the AML/CFT risk report, the annual AML/CFT risk assessment;
- Assist in the introduction of group policies as well as the administration and updating of internal policies;
- Provide support to the Head of Compliance;
- Any other duties in the scope of the role that the company requires.
**Requirements**:
Skills / experience:
- Strong relevant academic background (preferably in law or economics) or a relevant working experience in the financial services industry, preferably in the fund industry or audit;
- Willingness to obtain a solid knowledge of the relevant legal and regulatory requirements of the Fund industry in Luxembourg as well as AML/CFT;
- Work self-motivated, pay attention to details, have strong organisational skills, are willing to learn, resilient, reliable and assertive;
- Strong communication and negotiation skills in English, German would be an strong asset (basic knowledge of the French language is desirable);
- You like making decisions (according to prior guidance) and working on multiple issues on a daily basis;
- Ability to prioritize tasks, like to carry out tasks on your own responsibility, but you also enjoy working in a team and with different departments;
- Discretion in dealing with confidential information is a matter of course for you;
- Confident in the use of common MS Office programs (Outlook, Word and PowerPoint). Good Excel skills would be a strong asset.