Senior Risk and Compliance Officer
First Choice Recruitment
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Finance Full Time
📍 Gibraltar Competitive salary
About This Role
We are looking on behalf of our client, a well established financial services provider in Gibraltar, for a Senior Risk and Compliance Officer.
Duties:
Assist in providing oversight of the Group's Risk, Compliance and Financial Crime framework, ensuring consistency across jurisdictions
Assist in maintaining AML, Financial Crime, Risk and Compliance policies, standards and governance arrangements across the Group
Support CDD/KYC processes, client onboarding and monitoring
Act as an escalation point for high risk and complex cases
Assist in overseeing the effectiveness of controls relating to AML, CFT, CPF, and Sanctions processes and other Regulatory and Statutory obligations
Proactively assist in monitoring emerging financial crime and fraud trends
Assist in establishing and maintaining management information, reporting and assurance frameworks for Board reporting
Ensure regulatory compliance across the businesses and assist with reporting obligations and protocols
Maintain and develop the automated sanctions screening databases
Requirements:
Strong (5+ yrs) experience in financial services in a Compliance, Risk, Legal or Regulatory role
Strong and proven (5+ yrs) experience of AML/CFT/CPF and Sanctions/ Sanctions screening frameworks
Relevant Compliance, Risk, Legal or Internal Audit qualifications
Proven ability to effectively manage and develop automated sanctions screening databases
Highly organised, detail-oriented and proactive individual with strong project management skills
Excellent MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills (strong IT skills desirable)