Head of Compliance
- Compliance
- Jersey
- Permanent
- Full Time
- 2220
Description
Great opportunity for a strategically minded individual to form key part of governance structure and oversee regulatory, compliance, and risk framework, acting as the appointed Compliance Officer, MLCO, and MLRO and primary liaison with JFSC. He/she will oversee AML/CFT/CPF compliance including CDD, transactions, monitoring, suspicious activity reports and sanctions screening; maintaining and review Business Risk Management; submit regulatory returns, notifications and act as main contact for regulatory visits and reviews; advise Board on compliance risks, key developments and regulatory changes; monitor and manage breaches, complaints, PEPs, sanctions and internal control weakness; design, implement and maintain compliance framework including polices; lead and coach Compliance Manager, oversee team performance, successful planning and workload allocation.
This role is ideal for a senior compliance professional with at least 7-10 years; experience in senior compliance role in financial services, ideally trust company, a strong understanding of Jersey’s regulatory landscape, and the leadership ability to foster a proactive, business-integrated compliance culture in a modern, fast-paced environment; previous JFSC Key Personal approval as CO/MLCO/MLRO; ICA/ACAMS/STEP/ICSA compliance/governance/AML/trust & company qualification; team player with strong leadership, analytical, communication, influencing and reporting skills; detail-oriented and proactive; commercial awareness and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
