Institutional Solutions Compliance Officer

Ebury is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named in 2021 as one of the top FinTechs to work for by Glassdoor and AltFi. We offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments and API integration.

**Compliance Officer & MLRO - Ebury Institutional Solutions**

**Based in one of our Ebury office locations: Brussels, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, London**

**The Role**

As the Compliance Officer and MLRO for the Ebury Institutional Solutions (EIS), you will work in the Compliance department and be located in Brussels, Amsterdam, Luxembourg or London, with a global scope. The EIS department focuses on funds, fund managers, trusts and corporate service providers.

The main purpose of this role is to assist the global EIS department, advising on client onboarding (collective investment schemes, such as private equity, hedge and other investment funds), ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements, enhancing procedures and policies, building ad hoc frameworks and providing training to the first line (business and operations) on specific EIS matters.

**Role requirements**:
We are looking for a self-driven Compliance Officer & MLRO with at least 4-5 years of relevant experience within the financial industry.

Solid knowledge in regulatory (PSD2, AIFMD, MIFID2, etc) and AML compliance and the ability to take ownership of parts of a Compliance framework in a fast-paced Fintech environment.

Prior experience in the funds industry, funds managers, as well as an understanding of trusts and corporate service providers.

The person must demonstrate proven organisational and time management skills, have excellent communications skills (both written and verbal), with the ability to gain credibility fast and influence key stakeholders. The working environment is fast paced, agile and highly results orientated so the individual must be comfortable working within this type of highly rewarding, dynamic environment.

In addition, the individual must be comfortable with working autonomously, have relevant Compliance/Legal qualifications and a good level of commercial awareness. It will be pivotal to have good interpersonal skills to interact with regulatory bodies.

Proficiency in English is required.

Any professional certifications or a law/economics degree will be considered a plus.

**Key Responsibilities are, but not limited to**:
Main compliance point of contact of the EIS department

Drafting and updating local policies and procedures, while ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements

Assist with reporting obligations and ensure compliance with statutory deadlines

Liaise with regulatory bodies, ensuring effective and smooth communication

Develop and maintain relevant parts of the compliance framework (AML/CFT and Regulatory Policies)

Liaise closely with the Group Compliance (United-Kingdom) and Belgium Compliance to ensure that compliance policies and procedures are consistent with company policy

Help improving the operational compliance processes based on the local policies (liaise with the MLROs and local ops teams)

Provide ongoing training on the EIS framework and ensure the business is continuously monitored for the regulated activities

Keep abreast of ordinances/circulars/recommendations from the Regulator(s) and continuously ensure that the Entity's policies and procedures adhere to these

Audit the first line of defence procedures and processes

Assist with external AML audits

Provide advice on High Risk clients/escalations and SARs

Assist with ad-hoc queries from the business teams

Attend regulatory forums and industry meetings to keep up to date with industry standards

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**About Us**

**Ebury is a FinTech success story, positioned among the fastest-growing international companies in its sector.**

Founded in 2009, we are headquartered in London and have more than 1300 staff with a presence in more than 20 countries worldwide. Cultural diversity is part of what makes Ebury a special place to be. From Sao Paulo to Dubai, Bucharest to Toronto, we enjoy sharing team experiences and celebrating success across the Ebury family.

Hard work pays off: in 2019, Ebury received a £350 million investment from Banco Santander and has won internationally recognised awards including Financial Times: 1000 Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies.

None of this would have been possible without our proudest achievement: our great people. Enthusiastic, innovative and collaborative teams, always ready to disrupt and revolutionise the fast-paced FinTech sector.
- We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and have no tolerance for the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story because we want you and your uniqueness to help write our future._