Senior Compliance Officer

Skills

About the Role

You will support the Head of Compliance in developing and maintaining policies and procedures, and perform compliance testing and monitoring to assess controls. You will identify, escalate and report compliance findings, prepare compliance reports for senior management and regulators, and manage audit and regulatory engagements. You will conduct investigations on alerts related to unusual customer behaviour and high-risk transactions, design and refine transaction and behavioural monitoring rules, and oversee sanctions screening calibration. You will deliver compliance training, perform regulatory impact assessments, and continuously enhance the Compliance Program to strengthen controls and detection capabilities.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration Audit Economics International Banking & Finance Law or Risk Management
• Relevant professional certifications (ACAMS ACFCS ICA) are a plus
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a compliance advisory or compliance assurance role within the second line of defence of a regulated financial institution
• Expertise in financial crime prevention AML/CFT frameworks transaction monitoring sanctions compliance and regulatory reporting
• Strong knowledge of EU and Luxembourg regulatory requirements on financial crime conduct and consumer protection
• Ability to work cross-functionally with legal risk and operations teams
• Strong analytical skills to assess risks review policies and implement controls
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience writing compliance reports and policy documents
• Business proficiency in English (required) French or other European languages preferred
• Right to work in Luxembourg and ability to provide a criminal record (n.3) check

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain compliance policies and procedures
• Identify escalate and report compliance findings in a timely manner
• Conduct periodic compliance monitoring and testing
• Prepare validate and submit compliance reports to management and regulators
• Manage audit and regulatory engagements including inspections and external audits
• Perform regulatory watch and regulatory impact assessments
• Develop and deliver compliance training programs
• Serve as primary point of contact for compliance matters and provide advisory support
• Investigate alerts related to unusual customer behaviour and high-risk transactions
• Design refine and implement behavioural and transaction monitoring rules
• Oversee calibration and optimization of sanctions screening tools
• Enhance and optimize the Compliance Program and control environment