For a financial services company in Limassol we are looking for a Junior Compliance Assistant.
Responsibilities:
- Assist the company with compliance and AML administration tasks
- Undertaking new clients’ onboarding and assessment
- Undertaking file reviews as required and updating client files
- KYC and AML monitoring and administration procedures, including liaising with clients for KYC and Due Diligence requests
- Liaising with the Compliance Officer and firm’s departments to ensure adherence to regulatory and compliance standards
- Assisting the Compliance Officer with the firm’s internal compliance duties, including drafting of internal documents, policies and manuals
- Ad-hoc drafting and reviewing of documents/agreements
- Being up-to-date will all developments in the compliance/AML/regulatory/Sanctions field
- Understanding requirements/obligations emanating from new regulations/laws, communicating such to the firm’s staff and properly implementing into the firm’s operations
- Organizing firm’s internal and external compliance training
- Daily communication with clients
Experience:
- Degree from a top tier University, preferably in the legal field
- Minimum 1-2 years prior work experience in the legal or compliance/AML field is an advantage. Law graduates who are willing to obtain an AML certificate can be considered too.
- Work experience with a corporate services provider will be considered an advantage
- Knowledge of basic laws/regulation in regards to AML and Sanctions
- AML certificate from ICPAC/CyBar (or interest to obtain within first 6 months of employment)
- CySec Advance and/or AML certificate will be considered an advantage
- Excellent command of the English language
- Knowledge of Russian language will be considered an advantage
- Excellent command of MS-Office
- Knowledge of Ispiral Software (Corporate and AML) will be considered an advantage
- Knowledge of Mfiles Software will be considered an advantage
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a team
- Organized, hardworking and able to work fast under pressure
- Ability to multitask
- Human Resource/Managerial skills will be considered an advantage
- EU-citizenship is a must
Salary:
- The company is offering a salary of about 1,200 – 1,400 Euros gross per month
Working hours:
- The working hours are 8 hours per day – no obligatory break – so for someone this can be 8.00 – 16.00, 9.00 – 17.00 or varied accordingly based on whether they have a break in between and the duration of such. They expect the employee to start working by 9.00 and not later.
- On paper it will be 40 hours per week, though the company currently implements a 4day working week (Fridays off) without any imminent intention to cancel it .
- Hybrid will include flexible arrangements for working remotely – this can go up to 2 days per week working remotely (subject to supervisor’s decision), though for start in view of training etc 1-2 months may pass until it’s implemented for at least 1 day. The usual in the company is currently 1 day of remote work per week (there are though employees that prefer to be on-site on all days).
To apply:
Please send your CV to StaffMatters at admin@smstaffmatters.com and mention that you are applying for the vacancy of Junior Compliance Assistant (hybrid) with reference number 2882.
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