Our client, a Legal Services Company in Nicosia, is looking to hire a Compliance Officer.
Responsibilities:
- Design the necessary policies, controls and procedures, as defined by the BoD, including the establishment of the customers’ acceptance policy, the risk management and AML procedures manual;
- Monitor and assess the implementation of the established procedures, with the application of appropriate monitoring including on-site visits to the departments of the Company;
- Provide guidance for corrective measures of identified weaknesses and informs the BoD where is necessary;
- Maintain an up to date list of customers indicating their assessed risk level, personal information and the date of commencement of the business relationship. The list must be evaluated and updated at least annually;
- Evaluate the systems and procedures applied by the approved third-party obliged entity responsible for due diligence and customer identification, at least annually;
- Acquire the required knowledge and skills for the improvement of the required policies and procedures.
- Further, provide guidance and support to the employees of the Company, to any branches and subsidiaries operate in or out of EEA and organize training seminars and education across all departments, at least once a year;
- Evaluate and examine the information reported by employees of the Company via the Internal Suspicious Report.
- The Compliance Officer acts as the first point of contact with MOKAS and files a report to MOKAS via the GoAML system if, following the evaluation of the information reported, he/she decides to notify MOKAS. If the Compliance Officer decides not to notify MOKAS then must explain the reasons within the Internal Evaluation Report. A registry of all three reports i.e. Internal Suspicious Report, Internal Evaluation Report and report to MOKAS must be maintained by the Company as necessary;
- Prepare and submit to the CySEC the monthly prevention statement and the annual AMLCO report;
- Keeping Companies files/archive/filing in order
Requirements:
- Relevant bachelor’s degree
- Holder of CySEC Advanced Certificate
- Being 100% aware of all CySEC related submission
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience as a Compliance Officer
- Fluency in English is required
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- EU-citizenship
Working Hours:
They working hours are Monday to Friday, 09:00 – 18:00 (17:00 could be discussed also). Hybrid working is possible.
To apply:
Please send your CV to StaffMatters at admin@smstaffmatters.com and mention that you are applying for the vacancy of Compliance Officer (hybrid) with reference number 4117.
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