Transfer Agency Compliance Officer recruitment
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Job Summary:
As an Officer within the Quality, Risk Compliance team, you will be responsible for the identification, measurement and management of Regulatory risk as it applies to the Transfer Agency business. You will liaise with Management within the Dealing, Account Registration, Investor Services and Change Management functions in ensuring that appropriate controls and procedures are in place to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. You will provide specialist guidance and information to the business on key regulations and legislation, particularly in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering, Data Protection, Withholding Tax, UCITs IV and RDR.
You will be based at State Street offices, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin2.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert guidance to the business on the application of regulations and legislation impacting Transfer Agency.
- Assess the business’s compliance to key legislation and regulations through the management of a testing and sampling programme. Provide Management Reporting on findings and recommendations and work with the business to agree the implementation of recommendations.
- Research and identify changes in Transfer Agency applicable rules, regulations and legislation to ensure the Compliance Monitoring Testing programme remains current.
- Liaise with Operations and Change Management to define any technical developments required to support Regulatory compliance and contribute to the implementation of these developments, ensuring operational readiness and compliance.
- Support colleagues in the Quality, Risk Compliance team in fulfilling their responsibilities; assist more senior colleagues when required to do so and deputise in their absence.
- Attend and contribute to operational, client, risk, audit and regulatory meetings as required, and actively contribute to Transfer Agency wide initiatives and Focus Groups.
- Initiate and oversee tasks within a continuous improvement drive to ensure that the Transfer Agency department is efficient and customer and quality driven.
- Lead team initiatives.
Experience
- You will have comprehensive procedural, technical and product knowledge of the Transfer Agency business. This should be complemented with a good understanding of associated parties including Fund Accounting, Custody and Trustee.
- You will have an understanding of the Irish funds industry regulatory environment and will be familiar with requirements in terms of Minimum Activities and Derogations or Outsourcing Contracts.
- You will have experience of developing and implementing Compliance Monitoring Programmes.
- You will have a good understanding of legislation and regulations affecting the Transfer Agency business, including Anti-Money Laundering, UCITs IV, Irish Withholding Tax, RDR, FATCA and Data Protection.
- You will have experience in handling and resolving complex/unusual operational and managerial problems that are referred from above and below.
- You will have experience in reviewing processes, assessing risk and defining controls.
- You will have 5-8 years experience in a similar environment, likely including time spent within a Compliance, Audit or Trustee function.
Skills
- Attention to detail and concern for quality
- Excellent communication, organizational and planning skills
- Ability to work to deadlines in a fast paced environment
- Ability to proactively work under own initiative
- Business related degree preferable
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