Job Description
cer Financial are working alongside an international remittance / money transfer services provider who are looking for a Chief Compliance Officer to join their team on a permanent basis.
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The purpose of this role is to develop a comprehensive regulatory compliance framework and implement and maintain processes, systems, and controls that ensure the firm’s compliance with multi-industry regulations as it grows.
The responsibilities of a Chief Compliance Officer will include:
- Arranging annual and ad-hoc regulatory audits as a third line of defence.
- Preparing and implement Data Protection policies and procedures.
- Overseeing implementation of IT Security policies and procedures.
- Preparing and implementing AML / Fraud Management policies and procedures.
- Reviewing the firm’s information security policies and procedures, and security measures whenever there is a material change in the firm’s business practices that may reasonably implicate the security, confidentiality, integrity, or availability of records containing Confidential Information.
- Performing compliance reviews and approvals of new products, services and outsourcing requests (except where relating with AML/CTF).
- Defining and managing an exception process to review, approve or deny, document, monitor, and periodically reassess any necessary and appropriate, business-driven requests for deviations from the firm’s information security policies and procedures.
- Overseeing the Risk Register and Enterprise Wide Risk Assessment and ensuring that system safeguards are implemented and maintained.
- Reporting general compliance updates to the board and senior management.
The Successful candidate will have:
- Anti-Money Laundering Specialist Certification required (CAMS).
- Extensive experience in financial services regulation including experience related to banking compliance functions.
- Experience in the Fintech required.
- A business-focused leader who is highly respected as a business partner with other functions in the firm.
- Solid technical experience preferred.
- Desire to work in a start-up environment.
- Must have an entrepreneurial spirit, very responsive, hands-on, and willing to work hard in a fast-paced environment.
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Established in 2002, cer Financial is a specialist Financial Services Recruitment consultancy who have a dedicated team of consultants who work with our core values in mind.