Purpose of the role:
As the Head of Funds Compliance, you will Act as the principal point of contact for all employees on day to day compliance matters.
Responsibilities:
- Support senior management, the Board and employees to ensure they are and remain in compliance with the regulatory and legislative framework for Fund Services Business and act as a point of contact for day-to-day issues
- Provide advice, assistance and guidance to all employees to enable them to comply with the contents of the Manual
- Develop and maintain systems and controls (including policies and procedures) to ensure compliance with the legal and regulatory framework for Fund Services Business (FSB)
- Organise training of employees, if required, in respect of applicable rules and relevant legislation together with any changes, to ensure that they are aware of and understand their responsibilities in relation to compliance
- Advise the Board on compliance issues and matters
- Proactively participate in the promotion of a constructive "pro-compliance and risk" culture at both local and Group level
- Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders, clients regulatory bodies and other professional intermediaries and contacts to ensure that staff understand and are able to respond appropriately to developments as they arise
Skills required:
- Extensive experience within a compliance and/or risk environment
- Effective influencing skills and an ability to lead within own functional area
- Corporate Governance experience and an understanding and experience of risk mitigation
- Experience of working closely with Regulators
- Expert knowledge and experience of offshore financial services and underlying product and service rationales, technologies and regulatory environment