Compliance Specialist

Your tasks

Your responsibilities

• Ensuring that local regulations are met in addition to group requirements, and handling requests for exemptions if local regulations are stricter than the group rules.
• You work on a project basis. You coordinate the implementation of specific policies in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders.
• Implementing an adequate framework for monitoring, supervision, and controls to prevent and/or detect compliance and reputation risks.
• You regularly perform risk assessments regarding non-compliance, identifying, evaluating, and reporting compliance incidents within your jurisdiction to both local and group committees, in accordance with the established governance framework.
• You perform backtesting on the first level of controls (by performing level 2 controls).
• Providing daily advice to the entity's management and the business unit active within the entity on compliance issues; in particular, you provide your opinion on the risks of non-compliance and reputational damage associated with new products or services and other significant changes.
• Ensuring oversight of the compliance program within your area of responsibility. In this regard, you can count on the support of the internal central compliance teams.
• Stimulating the business unit through a special committee and training and awareness activities.
• Leading the policy office and maintaining contacts with the business line to ensure timely rollout and implementation of group policy.
• Participating in committees and preparing and presenting your work.

Requirements

Who are you?

• You possess a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• You have knowledge of the regulatory framework, risks, and legal activities in the financial sector or at a regulatory or supervisory authority (for example, experience in banking, the financial sector, and/or the insurance sector).
• You have experience with internal/external audits or something similar.
• You possess excellent communication and presentation skills in English. Knowledge of French and/or Dutch is a plus.
• You have experience dealing with high risks and handling highly sensitive and confidential information.
• You are able to build a relationship with the business departments (by positioning yourself as an independent partner while simultaneously showing understanding for their concerns) and motivate them to comply with compliance rules.
• You can work independently and in a structured manner. If necessary, you do not hesitate to make decisions.

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This company is located in Zaventem.