Our client, a Financial services advisory firm in Limassol, is looking to recruit an experienced Compliance and Advisory Consultant.
Responsibilities:
- Draft, review and update manuals, policies, processes and procedures with respect to the operations of Financial Institutions (Investment Firms, Funds, Payment and Electronic Money Institutions, Crypto Providers)
- Perform regular monitoring of Financial Institutions by following Compliance Monitoring Programmes to ensure that compliance standards and obligations are adhered.
- Conduct onsite and desk-based inspections on compliance matters of Financial Institutions
- Ensure Financial Institutions fulfil their annual obligations and licence conditions.
- Provide advice and solutions to Financial Institutions on compliance queries/issues.
- Work as part of a compliance experts team, coordinate with other departments (e.g. legal & corporate, accounting & tax, capital adequacy, internal audit etc.) and develop strong working relationships
- Communicate, on behalf of Financial Institutions, with regulatory and other local and EU authorities.
- Communicate with personnel and management of Financial Institutions
- Communicate with local and EU Banking institutions in accommodating the banking needs of Financial Institutions
- Prepare applications and notifications to the Cyprus Securities & Exchange Commission on behalf of Financial Institutions
- Draft and review annual reports on Internal Audit, Compliance, Risk Management and Anti-Money Laundering (‘AML’) matters.
- Conduct AML checks and reviews and undertake client identification and due diligence of CIFs’ clients.
- Review and analyse new regulations and advise how these are impacting Financial Institutions.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in economics or finance or accounting or risk Management or Law or related discipline from a reputable UK university
- First or Upper second-class honours
- Master’s degree in a related field will be considered an advantage.
- Minimum of 1-2 years of professional experience in a similar role position
- CySEC certificate (Basic or Advanced) for the provision of investment services will be considered as an advantage.
- Fluent in English and Greek language, both verbal and written (knowledge of any other language shall be considered an advantage)
- Team player, highly organised, able to multitask, work well under pressure and deliver on time.
- Strong communication skills.
- Computer literate
Working hours:
- The working hours are very flexible.
- From Monday-Thursday you can choose to start from 7.30am-9am. The lunch break needs to be 30 minutes minimum and 90 minutes maximum. You will make 8 hours a day, so you can finish from 4.30pm -6pm.
- Friday is half day 8.30 -2pm.
- You can choose to work 1 day from home from Monday-Thursday (not Friday).
To apply:
Please send your CV to StaffMatters at admin@smstaffmatters.com and mention that you are applying for the vacancy of Compliance and Advisory Consultant with reference number 3096.
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