Compliance & AML/CFT Manager (F/H)

Country: France

The primary responsibility of the Branch Compliance Officer is to assure that both local regulation and internal regulations are complied with. Any conflict between local and internal rules should be escalated to SCF’s Chief Compliance Officer for a decision to be taken (e.g. an internal waiver to be obtained). The Branch Compliance Officer is the point of contact of local regulators and supervisors. Any communication received from local regulators should be communicated immediately to SCF’s CCO and the answer to requirements agreed by both. The Branch Compliance Officer is a member of the branch’s Management Committee and reports hierarchically to SCF’s CCO.

Main missions and responsibilities:

• Front local Regulator and assure compliance with local regulations.
• Assure Compliance with Santander’s General Code of Conduct and Manage the local process of the Whistleblowing channel.
• Perform the Risk Assessment and Compliance Annual Program for the branch.
• Provide operations with complaints management criteria.
• Advice in new products approval process and new projects.
• Decide “no-go” customers (from a Financial Crime Perspective).
• Assess reputational risk impacts.
• From Conduct perspective execute at branch level the different programs to control the conduct initiatives related with insurance, dealers, awareness & communication, etc.

Profile:

• Master’s degree in in law, a business school diploma or equivalent
• Experience of at least 5 to 7 years in compliance, internal audit or permanent control functions.
• A previous experience and knowledge of Banking products would be appreciated.
• good knowledge of current AML-CFT regulations, asset freezing, KYC, PEP, GDPR, etc.

We adopt a strong risk culture, and we expect all our professionals, regardless of their position, to have a proactive and responsible attitude towards risk management.

Knowledge - Specific experiences:

• Open-minded and team player manager involved in the development of your colleagues.
• Ability to think "out of the box", enabling you to challenge, optimize and streamline tools, procedures and controls.
• Fluent English required, and Spanish is a plus.

Complementary skills:

• Good analytical skills
• Synthetic mind
• Sense of priorities
• Ability to work in a team, listen and adapt to your interlocutors.

Permanent contract to be filled immediately.

In accordance with regulations, all our positions are open to the recruitment of disabled workers.