COMPLIANCE OFFICER & MLRO (MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTING OFFICER)

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Agius & Partners is hiring! Our client is one of the top asset management / banking groups in the world and looking to hire a permanent, compliance officer for their team in Valetta (Malta).

Responsabilities & Tasks :

• Develops, initiates, maintains, and revises policies and procedures of the Company and its related activities to assure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.
• Manages day-to-day operation of the compliance and MLRO function, including oversight of implementation and adherence to the Compliance Manual of the Company and/or Group.
• Provision of advice and assistance to the Company on compliance and anti-money laundering matters.
• Develops a regular monitoring procedures and practices to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of internal systems of control and measures implemented by the Company.
• Develops and updates a regulatory and statutory reporting program and liaises with departments within the Company and/or Group and third-party service providers to ensure timely and accurate regulatory reporting.
• Maintains compliance registers and the Compliance Monitoring Program as required by statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Keep abreast of changes in applicable laws and regulations and provide guidance to the Company and to the Group on proposed regulatory changes.
• Acts as an independent review and evaluation body to ensure that compliance issues/concerns within the organization are being appropriately evaluated, investigated, and resolved.
• Collaborates and liaises with internal departments, regulators, authorities, and external service providers to resolve legal and compliance issues.
• Identifies potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk; develops/implements corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues and provides general guidance on how to avoid or deal with similar situations in the future.
• Prepare reports on a regular basis, to the Board of Directors and the Head of Compliance of the Group on compliance and anti-money laundering matters.
• Prepare reporting to the Maltese Authorities as applicable.
• Assists the Human Resources Department and the Chief Operations Officer to develop an effective training program, including appropriate introductions to new employees as well as ongoing training for all employees and managers.
• Performs and/or supports client onboarding and periodic due diligence procedures.
• Enforces the anti-money laundering (AML) standards and assesses unusual or suspicious transactions.
• Analyzes and monitors anti-money laundering cases and if applicable reports to authorities.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a similar role with a large group.
• English and Italian a big plus

Job Type: 100%

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person