Compliance Officer

We are currently looking for a Compliance Officer responsible for:

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Compliance

• Carrying out compliance review of the files
• Making compliance and due diligence reports
• Ensuring a regular compliance follow up on the files and the effective implementation of reviews
• Overseeing the clients compliance and reporting to the Head of Compliance
• Checking the completeness of due diligence documents of clients
• Helping in the take on of new clients and assisting in the client acceptance procedures
• Helping management in reviewing the compliance policy, procedures and internal controls
• Liaising with the regulatory bodies (including Mauritius Financial Services Commission)
• Assisting in the pre-visit preparation and onsite visit of regulators
• Engaging actively in adoption  and implementation of KYC principles and the anti-money laundering and combatting terrorism financing measures, laws and guidelines
• Drafting and updating Compliance and AML policies and procedures, regulatory returns and compliance reviews of company literature
• Conducting training sessions for educating and advising staff and senior management on compliance issues, coordinating personnel training requirements, identifying business risks and keeping up to date with changes to AML and Compliance regulatory requirements
• Updating the compliance library on an ongoing basis

Legal

• Carrying out thorough legal research on matters requested
• Drafting legal documents and/or opinions
• Reviewing and Vetting of legal and corporate documents and agreements
• Preparation of legal correspondence
• Helping in the writing of articles to be published

Risk

• Daily monitoring compliance with the established portfolio and risk management policies including regular reports monitoring risks;
• Conducting operational risk control for banking transactions;
• Acting as money laundering reporting officer on all client companies and preparing reports accordingly;
• Signing off on payment instructions;
• Assisting operations to clear all compliance issues on files;
• Conducting bank analysis;
• Drafting of money laundering report;
• Conducting risk committees where the risk of each and every department of JurisTax is identified and assessed;
• Releasing risk reports to JurisTax and to the board of directors of the entities administered by JurisTax;
• Making periodic reports to the board of directors on any materials breached on AML-CFT policies; and
• Facilitating the efficient reporting of all suspicious transactions by employees.

REQUIRED PROFILE PROFILE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree or postgraduate in Law, Law and Finance, Law and Management
• 5 year of experience in a similar post or qualified as Money Laundering Reporting Officer