Compliance Manager

Country: Italy

IT STARTS HERE

Santander (www.santander.com) is evolving from a global, high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible.

This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.

Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB) is Santander's global division that supports some of the world's most complex and sophisticated corporate and institutional clients, offering customized services and value-added wholesale products to best meet their needs.

THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE

Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB) is looking for a Compliance Manager for the Milan branch.

More in detail, the Compliance core responsibilities are to:

• Identify at all times the applicable regulatory and Bank requirements, assess their impacts on the Company processes and procedures, supporting and advising the Management Board and the other functions on those matters;
• Review and validate internal regulations;
• Focus on Second Line of Defense controls,;
• Proactively auditing processes, practices and documents;
• Assess the adequacy and the effectiveness of the organizational measures adopted to mitigate the Compliance risk and suggests measures to enhance the capacity of the compliance management system to mitigate the Compliance risk; assess the effective implementation of the suggested measures;
• Provide guidance to the client onboarding teams and/or the business on Compliance related matters;
• Coordinate and supervise Compliance activities in accordance with the applicable legislation vs the 1 Line of Defense;
• Carry out Compliance activities related internal regulations and the Bank compliance operating model;
• Provide the Compliance dept with regular reporting, each for their own part;
• Promptly inform and update the Compliance dept on any relevant matters, each for their own part;
• Participate in exchange of best practices and lessons learned across the Bank, with other control functions and with Head Office Compliance;
• Educating and training employees.

Requirements

• University level degree or comparable, preferably in law, business administration or finance/economics;
• Second level Master’s degree in Compliance or internal control system-related topics would be a plus;
• Prior experience of min.7 years at least;
• Fluent into Italian and English is a must, with communication skills;
• Successful, multi-year track record in prior similar or connected functions (preferably, Compliance or consultancy firm);
• In-depth knowledge of the European and Italian legal environment on Banking (Corporate & Investment banking would be a plus, particularly in Markets);
• In-depth knowledge of the European and Italian Compliance Regulation
• High familiarity with operational tools

Soft Skills

• Proactive attitude, self-motivated, detail-oriented, well-organized and problem-solving skillsets
• Ability to drive topics and deliver results even under pressure and time constraints;
• Active team player;

• Ability to forge strong relationships with colleagues and clients.

Languages  

• Italian mother tongue
• English fluent

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