External Compliance /Money Laundering Reporting Officer

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

Description

Assistance Vice President – External Compliance Solutions

Role Location: Ebene, Mauritius

Department: External Compliance Solutions

Employment Type: Permanent

We are looking for candidates in our External Compliance Solutions unit who will assist the client Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO)/ Compliance Officer (CO) in their day-to-day work for entities under Apex administration that hold financial services license.

Key responsibilities

• Assist the MLRO/DMLRO/CO on regulated client entities of Apex companies (Mauritius campus) in conducting transaction monitoring and other second line controls as per established controls and monitoring plan and as required;
• Conduct KYC reviews on sample basis as per set plan;
• Prepare Business risk assessments for client entities on an annual basis;
• Assist on regulatory inspections;
• Assist in preparation of statistics and KPI reports on a regular basis for reporting purposes.

Skills / Experience Required

• Holds a degree and/or professional qualification in finance and/or legal or other relevant qualification;
• Good knowledge of applicable laws and regulations for the Global Business / financial services with at least 6-8 years of relevant experience;
• Should qualify to act as MLRO/DMLRO/CO on client entities within 9 months from date of appointment at Apex
• Good knowledge of AML/CFT
• Good communication and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to respond to pressure and tight deadlines;
• Computer Literate: Ms Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook;
• High degree of initiative with a “can do” attitude.

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit https://theapexgroup.com/csr-policy/