Chief Compliance Officer, Luxembourg

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Markets Compliance professional, knowledgeable in regulations such as Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“CSSF”) Circulars, Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID), European Market Infrastructure regulation (EMIR), Packages Retail Investment Services (PRIIPS), Payment Service directive (PSD) and EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (AMLD) who will help promote a sound conduct and regulatory culture across the organization.

**The culture is based on key principles**: a clearly defined regulatory risk ownership, a healthy three lines of defense model, an effective risk management governance that sets out authorities and responsibilities for taking and managing risks, a well-defined regulatory risk appetite framework that helps employees take informed decisions as they execute on their investment services business plan and finally a solid culture of consequence management that ensures breaches of regulatory risk limits and large, repeated or unauthorized exceptions effectively result in disciplinary actions.

You will act as a primary liaison officer with the CSSF, external auditors and partner firms as required, including but not limited to the preparation and submission of required forms with the relevant authorities including CSSF, ensuring that any responses or forms to the authorities are submitted in a timely manner.

This is a high impact and hands on role where you will strategically implement the compliance governance programmes and work closely with the Convera executive leadership team in the Luxembourg entity reporting to the Head of Markets Compliance UK/Europe.

**You will be responsible for**:

- Assist in oversight of Compliance for Convera Europe Financial S.A., including testing and reporting to senior management, have oversight of end to end Derivatives process identifying any breakdown in controls and correction to processes following control or process failure and is responsible for the escalation of any breaches or breakdown of controls.
- Have oversight of forwards and options derivatives activity that will be regulated under MiFID 2 and/or PSD 2 regulations. Responsible for the administering, training and oversight of the end-to-end process equally supporting the conduct risk process for the Convera Europe Financial S.A. entity and act as the liaison point for the aforementioned entity in this regard.
- Perform regular controls to assure local governance and support the global testing function with control testing
- Ensure legal watch in order to anticipate new regulations and regulatory requirements.
- Assist in designing and delivering MiFID/ CSSF training.
- Assist in updating Policies & Procedures to align with CSSF requirements and will help to recommend ongoing process improvements to streamline and create efficiencies.
- Proficient knowledge of applicable risk management regulation within the banking/financial services industry, and knowledge of the latest trends, concepts and best practices. An experience managing regulatory exams is a strong plus.
- University degree would be an advantage, and / or proven record of accomplishment of work experience in a large multi-regional and/or multi-national financial or payment service business.
- Fluency in English (oral and in writing) = must have
- Excellent computing skills with all common office programs
- Strong written and verbal communications skills, including formal presentation skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Accuracy and attention to detail in daily routine
- Well-developed interpersonal skills in a team-oriented environment
- Ability to work independently in a structured and analytical way
- Ability to work in a fast-changing environment with multiple priorities

**Physical Requirements**: This is a full-time role based in our Luxembourg office.

**Travel Requirements**: This position requires approximately up to 10% of travel.

About Convera
Convera is the largest non-bank B2B cross-border payments company in the world. Formerly Western Union Business Solutions, we leverage decades of industry expertise and technology-led payment solutions to deliver smarter money movements to our customers - helping them capture more value with every transaction. Convera serves more than 30,000 customers ranging from small business owners to enterprise treasurers to educational institutions to financial institutions to law firms to NGOs.

Our teams care deeply about the value we bring to our customers which makes Convera a rewarding place to work. This is an exciting time for our organization as we build our team with growth-minded, results-oriented people who are looking to move fast in an innovative environment.

As a truly global company with employees in over 20 countries, we are passionate about diversity; we seek and celebrate people from different backgrounds, lifestyles, and unique points of view. We want to work with the best people