Working place: Company office, client offices

Contract type: Fixed term contract (Potential long-term opportunities with Grant Thornton upon completion )

Working time: Full time

Duration: 6 months

Location: Luxembourg Hamm, client offices

Ready to start your next challenge?

Grant Thornton Luxembourg is currently seeking an Experienced Compliance Officer (MLRO) / RC, for 6 months.

Working at Grant Thornton Luxembourg is an efficient opportunity to develop your potential within human-sized team in the heart of a multicultural and international growing group while respecting your work / life balance.

As a Compliance Director / Senior Manager, you will be joining our PSF activity and work within a dynamic and growing team to contribute to its development.

You will oversee a diverse range of responsibilities (Legal, Administration & compliance) for our international fund clients, operating in the Alternative Investment Fund sphere (Private Equity, Real Estate, Venture Capital, Debt, Infrastructure etc).

For us, you are a strength, your experience is a real added-value and places you as a key element in the realisation of our compliance department ambitions.

Main responsibilities

You will be responsible for a wide range of activities for the Luxembourg AIFs and related vehicles under management. Your responsibilities will include (but will not be limited to):

• Act as Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and Responsible du Contrôle (RC) in accordance with Luxembourg  regulatory requirements;

• Report to the Conducting officers, the RR and the board of directors of the PSF;

• Acting as the main point of contact for regulatory authorities (CSSF/CRS);

• Ensure ongoing compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and standards;

• Advise on new laws and regulations and practical impacts on the company;

• Understanding regulatory landscape, anticipating changes and proposing relevant strategies;

• Conduct regular compliance audits and risk assessments to identify potential areas of vulnerability and implement corrective action

• Coordinating the review/writing of policies and procedures, process review and optimization, assessment and improvement of control and organization, tool selection and implementation;

• Ensure the compliance of the company with rules and regulations related to financial crimes;

• Contribute to the compliance horizon scanning, ensuring collation, preparation, and distribution of information in respect of key regulatory developments;

• Annual and bi-annual updates to the key Compliance & Legal policies and procedures;

• Share business changes in risk appetite, sanctions and financial crime positions;

• Assist the RR and Conducting Officers in complying with the obligations under regulations and CSSF Circulars, including analysis of relevant legal and regulatory changes and active participation in working groups convened for new projects, implementation workstreams and similar;

• Identify and assess the compliance risks through maintenance of a compliance monitoring program, assessing adequacy and effectiveness of controls, policies and procedures; propose actions to address any deficiencies; ensure compliance policies and procedures are adequate.

• Oversight of outsourced activities and tools; (Activity and Security risk)

• Prepare annual and periodic reports for the Conducting Officers, the board of directors and the CSSF.

• Oversee AML/KYC matters related to Transfer Agency. Supervise initial and ongoing Client Due Diligence (“CDD”);

• In partnership with the Conducting Officers, manage the CSSF self-assessment questionnaire, internal and external audits, and other similar requirements;

• Be a member of the Client Acceptance Committee, reviewing Client Due Diligence reports prepared by in house team.

• Controls and reporting to the Board Management of High Risk Files on investors/distributors;

• Controls and monitoring of AML obligations on Assets Side

• Provide AML/CFT trainings;

• Support advisory queries from the business and external parties;

Main requirements

• Master degree in Law or professional studies;

• You have 5+ years of experience in compliance/regulatory roles, ideally in a consulting, PSF or AIFM environment;

• Fluent in English and French, any other language will be considered as an asset;

• Strong drafting and communication skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail;

• Advanced knowledge of Luxembourg fund regulation (especially AIFMD; DAC 6 and DORA);

• Pro-actively focusing on client’s needs;

• Want to succeed, grow, be challenged, challenge others with ownership;

• Open-minded, common sense and can-do attitude;

• Good team player and able to work in a diverse team;

• Open to receive and provide feedback to all involved internal parties;

• Dynamic, committed, accurate, flexible, hands-on and deliver their best work when facing a tight deadline;

• Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate initiative.

3, 2, 1… Get ready to go beyond and apply!

Next steps

• HR interview with our Talent team;

• Technical interview with Manager(s) or Partner(s) of the team.

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5 reasons to join us

1.       Work life balance (additional holidays, flexibility (such as home working and satellite offices after trial period validation, parking possibility);

2.       Interesting Benefits (annual discretionary bonus, trainings/certifications, lunch voucher, pension plan, talent referral reward program, internal mobility program);

3.       Proximity management in agreement with our CLEARR values;

4.       Integration follow-up to ensure yours & career development opportunity (on-demand feedback, mid-year and annual performance review);

5.       Company life (events, afterworks, teambuilding, sport events) & engagements (Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights, Diversity & Inclusion);

6.       You are the one that we are looking for!

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