Assistant Manager or Manager Consultant AML / KYC – ASAP – English Speaking

Working place: Company office, client offices, homeworking, satellite offices

Contract type: Permanent contract

Working time: Full time

Location: Luxembourg Hamm / Client offices

Ready to start your next challenge?

Grant Thornton Luxembourg is currently seeking an Assistant Manager or Manager Consultant AML / KYC to start ASAP.

Working at Grant Thornton Luxembourg is an efficient opportunity to develop your potential within human-sized team in the heart of a multicultural and international growing group while respecting your work / life balance.

For us, you are a strength, your experience is a real added-value and places you as a key element in the realisation of our Consulting department ambitions.

Main mission

We are seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Assistant Manager or Manager Consultant AML/KYC to join our growing Financial Crime Compliance “FCC” team. We are one of the largest and fasting growing teams globally, and support the world’s largest Fund Managers and Fund Administrators in the achievement of their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) objectives. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting our clients achieve compliance with AML/KYC regulations while delivering in the Grant Thornton way.

The BRS team has grown substantially in recent years and performs a variety of services to clients in the areas of Financial Crime / AML and Governance, Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance (GRC). The successful candidate should have Funds experience working in senior operational or compliance roles.

The role provides strong candidates with the opportunity to become a key member of the management team and play a role in a successful and growing business unit whilst working closely with colleagues throughout the firm in a rapidly growing area of the business. This role will be attractive to individuals who can rise to a challenge, who are adaptable and enjoy working in a dynamic environment. The role offers highly attractive career development and progression opportunities.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build relationships and lead on assignments covering a broad spectrum of organisations within the Financial Services and Asset Management industries, including:

• Banking

• Asset Mangers

• Investment Managers

• Payment Services and E-Money

• Gaming

• Crypto

Main responsibilities

• Act as the lead for fieldwork assignments involving multiple team members and client deliverables.

• Provision of technical Funds expertise (Alternative, Traditional Investments, UCITS, SICAVS, AFIs) to assist a broad range of AML / FC and GRC clients to manage their relevant regulatory requirements, including:

  • 1LoD - Managing operational tasks, such as AML periodic refreshes and remediation, high-risk enhanced due diligence (EDD), transaction monitoring, and screening processes (PEP, sanctions, and negative media) and

  • 2LoD - Completing regulatory reviews/assurance reviews.

• The interpretation and implementation of regulations.

• Planning and managing projects as required, meeting all deadlines in a timely manner.

• Reviewing client documentation in relation to regulatory requirements.

• Work closely with client management, up to and including board-level directors.

• Prepare detailed reports outlining project deliverables and where relevant professional recommendations.

• Assist the management team in strategic business development activities, including identifying client needs, opportunities and working on proposals for new business.

• Active involvement in developing new business opportunities and working closely with other departments within Grant Thornton to do so.

Main requirements

• From 5 to 7 years’ experience in AML regulatory Compliance;

• Strong technical knowledge in regulation, Financial Regulator rules and guidance procedures;

• In-depth knowledge of the regulatory landscape affecting the Funds sector, including AML/KYC regulations, FATF recommendations, and other relevant global/jurisdictional regulations;

• Strong experience with high-risk client identification and management, including PEP, sanction, and negative media screening;

• A detailed understanding of aspects of current regulation with an ability to develop a specialism in other areas of new regulation;

• Third level qualification in related area: Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) / Professional Diploma in Compliance, or other is desirable;

• Highly motivated, with a proven ability to work on own initiative within a challenging and dynamic work environment;

• Fluent in English with excellent written and oral communication skills;

• Experience managing a team and driving them to deliver exceptional results;

• Strong project management skills, issue resolution, ability to plan and manage local and global projects with large teams, team player who is prepared to lead;

• Demonstrated outstanding planning, project management, networking and influencing skills;

• Strong client focus, client relationship management skills and proven business development skills.

3, 2, 1… Get ready to go beyond and apply!

Next steps

• HR interview with our Talent team;

• Technical interview with Manager(s) or Partner(s) of the team.

Grant Thornton worldwide

Grant Thornton is one of the world’s leading providers of independent assurance, tax and advisory services. Over 76,000 Grant Thornton people, across 150 markets, are focused on making a difference to clients, colleagues and the communities in which we live and work.

Grant Thornton Luxembourg

Grant Thornton Luxembourg is a leading provider of Audit & Assurance, Business Advisory, Financial Services, Tax & Accounting and Technology services for all types of entities in Luxembourg. With more than 340 people and 27 partners, we apply strong technical guidance and breadth of experience to ensure that clients receive a truly different experience.

5 reasons to join us

1.     Work life balance (additional holidays, flexibility, satellite offices, parking possibility);

2.     Interesting Benefits (annual discretionary bonus, trainings/certifications, lunch voucher, pension plan, talent referral reward program, internal mobility program);

3.     Proximity management in agreement with our CLEARR values;

4.     Integration follow-up to ensure yours & career development opportunity (on-demand feedback, mid-year and annual performance review);

5.     Company life (events, afterworks, teambuilding, sport events) & engagements (Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights, Diversity & Inclusion);

6.     You are the one that we are looking for!

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