Compliance Officer & MLRO
at Ebury
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 09 Oct, 2024 | Not Specified | 10 Jul, 2024 | 4 year(s) or above | Good communication skills | No | No |
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Description:
Ebury is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named in 2021 as one of the top 15 European Fintechs to work for by AltFi. We offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments and API integration.
EBURY AMSTERDAM - 4 DAYS A WEEK OFFICE BASED WORKING
The Compliance Officer & MLRO for the Netherlands reports directly to the Chief Compliance Officer, based in our Head Office.
The main purpose of this role is to assist in maintaining 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.
- We are looking for a self-driven Compliance Officer with at least 4-5 years of relevant experience within the financial industry in the country
- Solid knowledge in regulatory (PSD2, MIFID2, etc) and AML compliance and the ability to take ownership of parts of a Compliance framework in a fast-paced Fintech environment.
- The person must demonstrate proven organisational 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 the local regulatory bodies.
- Fluency in Dutch and English is essential.
- Any professional certifications or a law/economics degree will be considered a plus.
Key Responsibilities are, but not limited to:
- Hold the role of the Money Laundering Reporting Officer for the country branch
- 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 (London) 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)
- Provide ongoing training about the products and ensure the sales team is continuously monitored for the regulated activities
- Keep abreast of ordinances/circulars/recommendations from the Regulator and continuously ensure that the Entity’s policies and procedures adhere to these
- Audit the first line of defence 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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Responsibilities:
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.
- We are looking for a self-driven Compliance Officer with at least 4-5 years of relevant experience within the financial industry in the country
- Solid knowledge in regulatory (PSD2, MIFID2, etc) and AML compliance and the ability to take ownership of parts of a Compliance framework in a fast-paced Fintech environment.
- The person must demonstrate proven organisational 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 the local regulatory bodies.
- Fluency in Dutch and English is essential.
- Any professional certifications or a law/economics degree will be considered a plus
Key Responsibilities are, but not limited to:
- Hold the role of the Money Laundering Reporting Officer for the country branch
- 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 (London) 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)
- Provide ongoing training about the products and ensure the sales team is continuously monitored for the regulated activities
- Keep abreast of ordinances/circulars/recommendations from the Regulator and continuously ensure that the Entity’s policies and procedures adhere to these
- Audit the first line of defence 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 ban
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:4.0Max:5.0 year(s)
Financial Services
Accounts / Finance / Tax / CS / Audit
Finance
Graduate
Proficient
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Amsterdam, Netherlands