Transfer Agency Aml Lead

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
Seize the opportunity to join our AML Transfer Agency team as Director, where you will have the opportunity to lead a team of experts ensuring quality service to our clients.

As a Director, you will be in charge of a team that carries out review and risk assessments of know your customer (KYC)/anti-money laundering (AML) cases within Luxembourg Transfer Agency (TA) Operations for new investor onboarding activity, account maintenance and refresh activity. The team is also responsible for oversight of outsourced processes related to AML/KYC. The principal objective of the position is day to day management of the E2E AML life-cycle including but not limited to, account onboarding, account maintenance, refresh and oversight of offshore activity.

**Job responsibilities**:

- Complete AML onboarding and refresh tasks in a timely and accurate manner.
- Oversight offshored activities in accordance with relevant charter.
- Building & maintaining client relationships.
- Lead client Due Diligence sessions.
- Ensure procedures are appropriately maintained to ensure the team is compliant with all AML / KYC and Financial Crimes prevention policies.
- Drive internal projects & strategic initiatives related to AML/KYC
- Execute AML team objectives
- Lead AML reviews, plus any audit related exercises (e.g. SSAE16, Long Form Report, Internal/External audit, QA etc) as required by Compliance and by the business
- Liaise with Compliance Officers/Directors of clients in order to bring complex cases to resolution.
- Coordinate and lead regular team meetings, as well as regular one-to-one meetings with direct reports.
- Ensure that all team members have adequate training and development plans in place.
- Ensure procedures are appropriately maintained to ensure the team is compliant with all AML / KYC and Financial Crimes prevention policies.

**Required qualifications, capabilities and skills**:

- Multi-year work experience in a similar position.
- Fluency in English.
- Extensive people management skills and experience.
- Open-minded and capable of building productive working relationships.
- Organized, proactive and communicative with an ability to take initiative and assume responsibility.
- Excellent overall knowledge of the Luxembourg Fund Industry.
- Project Management Skills and Client facing skills are essential.
- Understanding of local anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations, in particular circulars and laws issued by the CSSF as relates to AML/CFT, e.g. CSSF Regulation 12-02, AML Law of 12 November 2004.
- Extensive relevant Compliance, AML and data privacy experience or other related experience, e.g. legal, risk management, audit etc.
- Ability to work in partnership with the internal stakeholders.
- SSAE16/Long Form Report and other Audit experience.

**Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills**:

- German, French or other European languages would be considered a distinct advantage.

**ABOUT US**

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

**ABOUT THE TEAM**

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.