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Job Summary
Manages a team of Compliance professionals to promote an ethics- based culture, delivering practical solutions, guidance and training, identifies and manages less complex Compliance Risks for small-sized businesses implementing policies, processes and controls related to the Compliance Risk Universe. To Interacts with supervisory bodies whenever required.
Job Accountabilities - Key Accountabilities
- Ensure Compliance strategy is aligned with business strategy, legal requirements and trends.
- Promoting Ethic Based Culture, implementing training and awareness activities and provide management with relevant metrics.
- Assess new laws and trends and their applicability and implementation to Zurich’s operations in the jurisdiction, in alignment with Legal, in order to ensure that the Compliance Risk Universe are fully identified and managed.
- Advise the first line of defense with respect to policies (i.e. their adoption, development, implementation and maintenance) , practical guidance, training, relevant controls, and processes for mitigation of risks within the Compliance Risk Universe. Advise and support management in its regulatory relationship management regarding topics from the compliance risk universe thereby upholding the organization’s public image.
- Identify and interact with internal stakeholders to further comprehend the functional mandates and ensure functional involvement in matters of relevance.
- Ensure that relevant stakeholders are informed, understand and support Compliance activities and prioritization.
- Evaluate business activities (e.g. proposition management, investments, etc.) to assess compliance risk.
- Conduct regular awareness campaigns reminding employees of the respective Group Policy and how they can report a violation or a concern.
- Advise and support first line of defense with regard to the adoption of Compliance Policies.
- Perform Compliance Oversight, establishing and maintaining reports to relevant stakeholders, as foreseen in internal policies and local regulation.
- Conduct the annual compliance risk assessment to satisfy internal and regulatory requirements and communicate assessment results to management, governance committees and other stakeholders, as applicable, coordinating action plans settlement whenever is necessary.
- Accomplish the Compliance objectives by managing staff, planning and evaluating activities.
- Maintain staff by recruiting, selection, orienting, and training employees.
- Perform assurance to the business that the function inherent risks are being identified, managed and mitigated where possible.
- Share assurance activities’ results and agree on actions with management and other relevant stakeholders and follow up with business on agreed improvement actions.
Job Qualifications
Required:
- A bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Finance, Business, Law, or a related discipline.
Preferred:
- A strong understanding of financial crime regulations, anti-money laundering (AML) laws, sanctions, and other compliance-related regulations.
- Familiarity with risk assessment and risk management practices within the financial industry.
- 5 years or more experience in a compliance role within the financial services sector, preferably with a focus on financial crime.