Join us as a Compliance & Conduct Risk Advisor

• This is an opportunity to take on a critical and high profile role for our NatWest Markets N.V. entity in Amsterdam
• We’ll look to you to act as a trusted adviser to the business and to support management in its understanding and ownership of regulatory compliance and conduct risks
• You'll be recognised for your expertise and specialist knowledge, as you work closely with the business to gain their trust, confidence and respect
• This is a Vice President level position.

What you’ll do

You'll be supporting our Regional Head of Compliance & Conduct on regulatory compliance and conduct oversight.

We'll look to you to support on interactions with relevant regulatory bodies such as the European Central Bank (ECB), Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM).

Your responsibilities will include:

• Creating an appropriate work environment to ensure the delivery of fair outcomes for our customers in discharging the bank’s responsibility to deliver good customer outcomes
• Maintaining positive and effective working relationships with senior management, risk teams and external bodies
• Identifying potential or actual regulatory compliance and conduct risks, ensuring appropriate escalation, remediation, mitigation and reporting to manage risks back within appetite
• Helping to independently monitor the business, systems and controls and provide oversight of the business regulatory compliance and conduct control effectiveness
• Promoting early engagement with teams where any change in policy or activity may be needed
• Making sure that all processes and procedures adopted reflect the research and interpretation of regulatory bodies rules and guidance, and industry best practice

The skills you’ll need

To be successful in this role, you’ll need detailed knowledge of local regulation, legislation and codes of practice relevant to appropriate licenses held. You’ll also have the ability to interpret these to support policy and procedure development. We’ll look to you to have experience of interacting with regulators, and hosting regulatory on site visits, along with excellent interpersonal skills, and good verbal and written communication skills.

You’ll need extensive experience and a track record in the wholesale banking industry within a compliance function, as well as excellent knowledge and understanding of European regulatory requirements with regards to regulatory compliance and conduct.

In addition, you’ll need:

• Extensive knowledge of the banking sector, in particular wholesale banking services, gained from operating within a compliance function
• Basic knowledge of other areas of the banking sector, i.e. of retail, SME, large corporate, trust funds and depository customer segments
• The ability to source and assess multiple data and information points to help make risk-based decisions and solutions
• Experience of report writing at all levels, including executive and board, and the ability to verbally deliver and discuss the content

What else you need to know

Please upload your CV in English

Hours

40

Job Posting Closing Date:

03/09/2024