Job responsibilities:
- Complete AML onboarding and refresh tasks in a timely and accurate manner.
- Oversight offshored activities in accordance with relevant charter.
- Building & maintaining client relationships.
- Lead client Due Diligence sessions.
- Ensure procedures are appropriately maintained to ensure the team is compliant with all AML / KYC and Financial Crimes prevention policies.
- Drive internal projects & strategic initiatives related to AML/KYC
- Execute AML team objectives
- Lead AML reviews, plus any audit related exercises (e.g. SSAE16, Long Form Report, Internal/External audit, QA etc) as required by Compliance and by the business
- Liaise with Compliance Officers/Directors of clients in order to bring complex cases to resolution.
- Coordinate and lead regular team meetings, as well as regular one-to-one meetings with direct reports.
- Ensure that all team members have adequate training and development plans in place.
- Ensure procedures are appropriately maintained to ensure the team is compliant with all AML / KYC and Financial Crimes prevention policies.
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:
- Multi-year work experience in a similar position.
- Fluency in English.
- Extensive people management skills and experience.
- Open-minded and capable of building productive working relationships.
- Organized, proactive and communicative with an ability to take initiative and assume responsibility.
- Excellent overall knowledge of the Luxembourg Fund Industry.
- Project Management Skills and Client facing skills are essential.
- Understanding of local anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations, in particular circulars and laws issued by the CSSF as relates to AML/CFT, e.g. CSSF Regulation 12-02, AML Law of 12 November 2004.
- Extensive relevant Compliance, AML and data privacy experience or other related experience, e.g. legal, risk management, audit etc.
- Ability to work in partnership with the internal stakeholders.
- SSAE16/Long Form Report and other Audit experience.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:
- German, French or other European languages would be considered a distinct advantage.