Senior Compliance Associate

at  Barclay Simpson

I am working with a leading Private Equity firm who are searching for a Senior Compliance Associate to join their European Compliance function based in Luxembourg. This is a key hire that, alongside working on Luxembourg based requirements, will also take responsibility for the oversight of the Paris based business.
The compliance team in Europe covers day to day compliance matters including regulatory and financial crimes activities, as well as delivering regulatory projects and coordinating with regulators. There will be regular collaboration with investor relations, deal teams and operational teams across Europe and the UK.

Core duties will include:

• Responsibility for day-to-day French compliance programme (compliance, governance, internal control and prudential monitoring)
• Liaising with the AMF, including regulatory reporting
• Oversight of AML/KYC
• Compliance training and support with the day-to-day compliance issues
• Supporting the Luxembourg Conducting Officer for Compliance in day-to-day compliance matters
• Onboarding investors across the group during the KYC process
• Conducting AML assessments for deals in a timely manner and supporting the deal team with collection of documentation

Skills required:

• Experience working with Alternative Investment Managers would be beneficial, or having had experience in entities regulates by the CSSF and AMF.
• Knowledge of both AIFM and MiFID II preferred
• To be successful in this role you will need to have excellent attention to detail.
• You will be an excellent communicator and have the ability to take the initiative when required.

• Responsibility for day-to-day French compliance programme (compliance, governance, internal control and prudential monitoring)
• Liaising with the AMF, including regulatory reporting
• Oversight of AML/KYC
• Compliance training and support with the day-to-day compliance issues
• Supporting the Luxembourg Conducting Officer for Compliance in day-to-day compliance matters
• Onboarding investors across the group during the KYC process
• Conducting AML assessments for deals in a timely manner and supporting the deal team with collection of documentatio