Senior Legal & Compliance Officer

Almond Recruitment, on behalf of our client a highly respected  as one of the industry’s fastest growing and respected brokerage firm are currently looking for a Senior Legal & Compliance Officer for their Limassol office.

Responsibilities

• Follow and abide by any of the instructions/requests of the Head of Legal & Compliance.

• Overview regulatory compliance to ensure full compliance with policies, procedures, and applicable laws and regulations.
• Liaise with the relevant regulators when needed (BaFin, CySEC, FSA, VFSC).
• Respond to compliance needs of personnel regarding implementation of procedures in accordance with all laws and regulations and compliance with rules that govern the Company’s operations, products and services.
• Performing reviews in accordance with the group compliance policies and procedures to assess the group’s compliance with its legal and regulatory obligations.
• Conduct client reviews and customer due diligence.
• Monitoring calls & transactions.
• Review Agreements, marketing and advertising material, and publications for compliance.
• Providing support to members of the compliance team in order to fulfill the group’s reporting obligations.
• Perform audits to prospectively test compliance, established laws, regulations, Company’s policies and managerial guidelines, participating in the development of corrective action plans where areas of opportunity are identified.
• Draft, modify and implement Company’s policies and procedures as needed.
• Any other duties as assigned by Management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in law, Finance or Economics and /or any other similar field.
• At least 2-years previous working experience in a legal and compliance in same industry
• Other Professional Qualifications such as CySEC’s Advanced Certificate, CySEC’s AML certificate shall be considered an advantage.
• Good knowledge of the national, European and International practices, Laws and Regulations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Any other language shall be considered as an advantage.
• Good teamwork and troubleshooting skills
• High attention to detail.
• Sound computer skills

To apply for this vacancy please send your CV to jobs@almondrecruitment.org quoting reference CY11698

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