AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe)

Associate Director – Compliance, Control, Accounting

AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe)

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Frankfurt • Germany

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Within CCA, you will be responsible for supporting the overall objectives of the AFME Compliance Committee and WGs.
  • You will focus on initiatives and advocacy objectives relating to Financial Crime, CTF and AML. The initiatives will include supporting members implementation of the EU AML package, developing responses to UK and other EU (including national) public consultations and executing advocacy plans with a wide range of regulatory officials and industry stakeholders. You will also lead on the content delivery of AFME’s annual AML conference.
  • Additionally, the role will also include the development and delivery of key projects within CCA, based on the Compliance Committee’s priorities and business plan deliverables and support planning for the annual Compliance and Legal conference and other member events and webinars as necessary.
  • You will also be working closely with and oversee/mentor the work of an Associate in the team

Requirements

  • Expertise in regulatory conduct matters via an EU agency and/or within a National Competent Authority or regulated EU firm
  • Knowledge and experience of financial markets
  • Judgement to establish and monitor priorities, escalate issues and solicit feedback when required
  • Good time management and organisational ability to manage multiple work streams
  • Intellectually curious, able to identify new themes relevant to members
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent written and spoken English
  • Experience in EU and UK financial crime and AML/CTF topics (Desirable)
  • Relevant professional qualification (Desirable)
  • Experience in wider regulatory policy (Desirable)
Benefits
  • 27 days Annual Holiday Allowance
  • Additional 1 day Birthday Holiday
  • Additional 3 days Christmas Holiday
  • Pension Scheme – AFME contributes 10% of an employee’s basic salary
  • Life Assurance of 4x base salary
  • Worldwide Business Travel Insurance
  • Employer Contributions to Gym Membership
  • Employer contributions to Deutschlandticket
  • 4pm Friday Finish
  • Hybrid working and flexi-start/finish times
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial crimeAMLCTFregulatory conductfinancial marketsregulatory policy
Soft Skills
judgementtime managementorganizational abilityanalytical skillswritten communicationoral communicationintellectual curiosity
Certifications
relevant professional qualification