Group Compliance (Central)

About the role

The Group Compliance (Central) role sits in the central team that drives compliance and risk operations, ensuring the accurate implementation of the compliance strategy while balancing the commercial interests of Amicorp Group. It suits an experienced compliance professional with a background in financial, accounting or trust and fiduciary services. The role holder leads compliance for offices without a local compliance presence, maintains the Enterprise Risk Management framework and covers central onboarding and ongoing monitoring.

Key responsibilities

• Proactively identify risks at onboarding and during ongoing monitoring, and ensure smooth, efficient client onboarding within agreed response times
• Evaluate the risks of new business and deals, and assist local management teams in setting risk appetite, tolerances and limits
• Monitor regulatory developments and work with the Compliance Head on strategic compliance initiatives
• Run central ongoing monitoring, including transaction monitoring, name screening, adverse media clearance, investigations and filing of unusual account activity
• Drive the transaction monitoring programme, prepare annual compliance monitoring plans and conduct compliance and risk reviews
• Report non-compliance and suspicious activity to management in line with anti-money laundering regulations, and act as main contact with regulators and for compliance audits
• Perform the compliance officer and/or MLRO role for the assigned jurisdiction and support others on a need basis
• Ensure KYC, AML/CTF and anti-bribery systems and onboarding controls are adequate, and promote a compliance culture through training and engagement with sales officers and account managers
• Lead group and local projects, and accurately record chargeable time and productivity targets

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree and other relevant professional qualifications
• Over 12 years of experience establishing and/or working in a compliance function
• Experience in financial services and liaison with regulators preferred
• Understanding of local and international tax and regulations, including CRS, FATCA, BEPS and GAAR
• Excellent English fluency; additional languages preferred

Required skills

• Client due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence
• Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills