Core Compliance Specialist

​Life @ FIMBank

​FIMBank's success story is attributed to the dedication and commitment of our team. Every employee is a champion of the FIMBank brand and its underlying promise of quality, dynamism, commitment, and innovation. All our employees are given the opportunity to develop as professionals and to advance in their careers through our learning and development programmes.

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About the Job

We are presently seeking an organised, motivated, talented individual to support the Core Compliance leader in the ongoing monitoring and oversight of the Bank and Group entities ensuring that the Group remains at all times regulatory complaint and that Group policies are appropriately maintained and implemented accordingly. The primary focus of this role is all regulatory compliance aspects, excluding AML regulation which is secondary to the Core Compliance Team.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assisting with the development, monitoring and implementation of the Annual Compliance Plan, including conducting thematic reviews and any ad-hoc reviews as appropriate.
• Performing horizon scanning to detect future changes in local and international laws and regulations so as to manage regulatory compliance risk and advise relevant stakeholders of these changes in a timely manner.
• Act as the subject matter expert for selected banking rules, European Directives/Regulations/EBA guidelines.
• Performing research to into specific areas of regulatory compliance as required.
• Maintaining a regulatory tracker that will streamline the process of identifying applicable legislation, recording outcomes of gap analysis and ongoing monitoring to ensure effective compliance and implementation.
• Performing selected gap analyses where new regulations/ procedures are envisaged to come in force.
• Communicating effectively with the Regulators of the Bank.
• Maintaining the unit's calendar to ensure timely execution of compliance-related tasks, regulatory submissions, and internal deadlines, while proactively issuing reminders to relevant stakeholders.
• Liaising with other units, especially other internal control functions.
• Creating and developing reports and processes to document and monitor findings and recommendations, tracking action plans and keeping relevant members of Management informed.
• Assisting with the oversight of the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process.
• Reviewing and maintaining the Core Compliance policies on an ongoing basis, ensuring that the scope and application is clear and effective.
• Monitoring events listed in the Regulatory Events Manager and following-up with relevant stakeholders on all actions, including any upcoming and/or overdue tasks.
• Assisting with the facilitation and management of the subsidiary oversight process.
• Assisting with the production of reports and dashboards that are presented to the Management team and Audit Committee.
• Maintaining the regulatory compliance registers (Meeting register, Regulator Correspondence, COI register, Breach register, Outsourcing register, Insiders Lists etc.)
• Performing FATCA and CRS related work.
• Providing Compliance Training to other units of the Bank.
• Assisting with ongoing GDPR matters where necessary, helping to ensure ongoing implementation of all GDPR related policies, procedures, and registers.
• Assisting with any specific projects from time to time as the Bank may require.
• ​Assisting the Financial Crime Compliance team as and when required.

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Qualifications and skills:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office is a minimum requirement.
• Preference will be given to candidates with job experience in regulatory compliance or in related fields
• Proven ability to learn and to adapt to a changing environment
• Detail-oriented, proactive, self-motivated and self-driven
• Excellent team player, with strong integrity and professional ethics
• Critical thinker, problem solver with strong time management and organizational skills
• A Degree or qualifications from MQF level 4 upwards in Finance, Banking, Compliance or a related discipline would be considered an asset
• Good communication and presentation skills in English, with any other language considered as an asset
• Familiarity with industry practices and professional standards.

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What we offer:

• Welcoming and professional environment;
• Work with a proactive, forward looking Team;
• Professional growth;
• Internal/External Learning and Development opportunities.
• Attractive salary;
• Health, Life and Personal Accident insurance cover; and
• Pension plan.

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