Compliance / RC Senior Manager – ASAP - English & French Speaking

at  Grant Thornton Luxembourg

Description
Working place: Company office, client offices, homeworking, satellite offices
Contract type: Permanent contract.
Location : Luxembourg Hamm / Client offices.

READY TO START YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE?

Grant Thornton Luxembourg is currently seeking a Compliance / RC Senior Manager to start ASAP.
Working at Grant Thornton Luxembourg is an efficient opportunity to develop your potential within human-sized team in the heart of a multicultural and international growing group while respecting your work / life balance.
For us, you are a strength, your experience is a real added-value and places you as a key element in the realisation of our Compliance department ambitions.

MAIN REQUIREMENTS

• Hold a master’s degree in law or professional studies;
• You have 5+ years of experience in compliance/regulatory roles, ideally in a consulting, PSF or AIFM environment;
• Fluent in English and French, any other language will be considered as an asset;
• Strong drafting and communication skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail;
• Advanced knowledge of Luxembourg fund regulation (especially AIFMD; DAC 6 and DORA);
• Pro-actively focusing on client’s needs;
• Want to succeed, grow, be challenged, challenge others with ownership;
• Open-minded, common sense and can-do attitude;
• Good team player and able to work in a diverse team;
• Open to receive and provide feedback to all involved internal parties;
• Dynamic, committed, accurate, flexible, hands-on and deliver their best work when facing a tight deadline;
• Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate initiative.

You will be responsible for a wide range of activities for the AIFs under management. Your responsibilities will include (but will not be limited to):

• Be appointed as Compliance Officer & RC (Responsible for Control of AML/CTF obligations) towards the CSSF;
• Report to the Conducting officers, the RR and the board of directors of the PSF;
• Acting as the main point of contact for regulatory authorities (CSSF/CRS);
• Coordinating the review/writing of policies and procedures, process review and optimization, assessment and improvement of control and organization, tool selection and implementation;
• Ensure the compliance of the company with rules and regulations related to financial crimes;
• Contribute to the compliance horizon scanning, ensuring collation, preparation, and distribution of information in respect of key regulatory developments;
• Annual and bi-annual updates to the key Compliance & Legal policies and procedures;
• Share business changes in risk appetite, sanctions and financial crime positions;
• Assist the RR and Conducting Officers in complying with the obligations under regulations and CSSF Circulars, including analysis of relevant legal and regulatory changes and active participation in working groups convened for new projects, implementation workstreams and similar;
• Identify and assess the compliance risks through maintenance of a compliance monitoring program, assessing adequacy and effectiveness of controls, policies, and procedures; propose actions to address any deficiencies; ensure compliance policies and procedures are adequate.
• Oversight of outsourced activities and tools; (Activity and Security risk)
• Prepare annual and periodic reports for the Conducting Officers, the board of directors and the CSSF.
• Oversee AML/KYC matters related to Transfer Agency. Supervise initial and ongoing Client Due Diligence (“CDD”);
• In partnership with the Conducting Officers, manage the CSSF self-assessment questionnaire, internal and external audits, and other similar requirements;
• Be a member of the Client Acceptance Committee, reviewing Client Due Diligence reports prepared by in house team.
• Controls and reporting to the Board Management of High Risk Files on investors/distributors;
• Controls and monitoring of AML obligations on Assets Side
• Provide AML/CFT trainings;
• Support advisory queries from the business and external parties;