Compliance Officer

Career Opportunity

Centralis partners with Alternative Investment Firms and Corporates, providing administrative, global expansion and governance solutions, tailored to clients' unique needs and challenges by providing seamless alignment of our resources with your objectives. Founded in 2006, Centralis is headquartered in Luxembourg and has offices in 13 jurisdictions. Today, Centralis employs over 350 highly experienced, multilingual professionals across all our jurisdictions. Our team has been selected from a diverse background, focusing on financial, investment and legal professionals with an exemplary client services track record.

Compliance Officer

We are currently recruiting a Compliance Officer for our London. The successful candidate will demonstrate an eagerness to learn and have a flexible approach to their work.

Within a team, you will have the following responsibilities:

You ensure that the business of Centralis UK complies with applicable laws, regulations, supervisory requirements, internal policies and procedures.

The compliance function’s objective is to identify and assess the compliance risk of the company, as well as to assist senior management in managing and monitoring this risk. This role would suit candidates with a legal or economic background, and experience in the financial services industry in the UK. Candidates should be able to work autonomously, and possess strong communication, organizational and presentation skills.

• Oversee regulatory obligations (laws, regulations, standards of good practice, sanctions) and identify gaps in policies and procedures;
• Review and sign off client acceptance files;
• Review and sign off of the periodic reviews;
• Monitor and report on transaction monitoring processes;
• Ensure that Group policies and procedures are implemented in line with UK laws and regulations;
• Perform the business-wide risk assessment and follow-up on underlying action plans;
• Perform the annual compliance plan;
• Prepare internal and external reports;
• Assist Group compliance and local management on various projects;
• Act as a backup for other jurisdictions in which Centralis operates;
• Organise compliance related trainings;
• Advise senior management on complex compliance matters;
• Liaise with the regulator and auditors;
• Act as the MLRO for the UK business
• Oversee outsourced compliance functions in crown dependencies/overseas territories

Your skills:

• Bachelor or Master’s degree;
• Minimum of four years’ experience within a compliance team of a UK Corporate Service Provider with international client base;
• Familiar with compliance systems and procedures;
• Very good command of English, both written and spoken, and excellent communication skills;
• Pro-active, positive minded and responsible;
• Resilient and able to adapt to new challenges.

What we offer:

At Centralis, we work in a dynamic, human-size, multi-cultural environment. We attach great importance to the personal fulfilment and professional development of our employees. We offer you an interesting and rewarding job, an attractive salary package and a number of benefits, including training support and flexibility. For further information about Centralis, visit us at www.centralisgroup.com