Our client, a financial services advisory firm in Limassol, is looking to recruit a Senior Compliance Consultant.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and submit applications to regulatory authorities to obtain and/or expand licenses and be responsible for the entire application process for obtaining licenses for Financial Institutions (e.g Investment Firms, Funds, AIFMs, Payment and Electronic Money Institutions, Crypto Asset Services Providers)
• Draft, review and update manuals, policies, processes and procedures with respect to the operations of Financial Institutions
• Handle and organize correspondence with relevant authorities
• Engage with relevant business units to ensure critical and timely review and completion of tasks
• Perform regular monitoring of Financial Institutions by following Compliance Monitoring Programmes to ensure that compliance standards and obligations are adhered
• Conduct onsite and desk-based inspections on compliance matters of Financial Institutions
• Ensure Financial Institutions fulfil their annual obligations and licence conditions
• Provide advice and solutions to Financial Institutions on compliance queries/issues
• Work as part of a compliance experts team, coordinate with other departments (e.g. legal & corporate, accounting & tax, capital adequacy, internal audit etc.) and develop strong working relationships
• Communicate with personnel and management of Financial Institutions
• Communicate with local and EU Banking institutions in accommodating the banking needs of Financial Institutions 
• Draft and review annual reports on Internal Audit, Compliance, Risk Management and Anti Money Laundering (‘AML’) matter
• Conduct AML checks and reviews and undertake client identification and due diligence of CIFs’ clients
• Review and analyse new regulations and advise how these are impacting Financial Institutions

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in economics or finance or accounting or risk Management or Law or related discipline from a reputable UK university
  First or Upper second-class honours
• Master’s degree in a related field will be considered an advantage
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in a similar role position is required
• CySEC certificate (Basic or Advanced) for the provision of investment services will be considered as an advantage.
• Fluent in English and Greek language, both verbal and written (knowledge of any other language shall be considered an advantage)
• Team player, highly organised, able to multitask, work well under pressure and deliver on time
• Strong communication skills.
• Computer literate

The working hours are very flexible. 

From Monday-Thursday you can choose to start from 7.30am-9am. The lunch break needs to be 30 minutes minimum and 90 minutes maximum. You will make 8 hours a day, so you can finish from 4.30pm -6pm. 

Friday is half day 8.30 -2pm. 

You can choose to work 1 day from home from Monday-Thursday (not Friday).

TO APPLY for this job opportunity, send your CV (in English please) to [email protected] and include the reference:  Senior Compliance Consultant – VAC-C3380. We look forward to hearing from you!