entis is a Belgian recruitment company headquartered in Brussels and providing permanent staffing as well as project sourcing solutions worldwide in multiple sectors.

Our client, an bank company, is looking for a Compliance Officer

The role will be to give support to the Compliance team in the following tasks:

- Verify compliance with rules relating to the company’s EU activities.

- Ensuring that the company complies with the regulatory rules of integrity and conduct applicable to it. PSD2 is compulsory knowledge.

- Integrate the principles of compliance into the company's culture and establish guidelines for compliance with regulations.

- Monitoring new legislation and regulations and their interpretation in the area of compliance. Keep informed of the latest regulatory evolutions in the countries where the company operates.

- Ensuring that the rules defined by the operational departments comply with the legal and/or regulatory rules of integrity and conduct that apply to the institution.

- Advising management, operational departments, and business partners on the practical application of the laws, regulations, standards, and codes that fall within its remit, including communicating developments in this area.

- Advising on the development of compliance policies and their ongoing updating, as well as measures to control compliance risks.

- Participating in deliberations on change requests for products, services, and markets, focusing on the identification, documentation, and assessment of the applicable compliance risks.

- Evaluating the company’s compliance procedures, controls, and directives, identifying any shortcomings and proposing changes where necessary.

- Developing quality improvement initiatives and initiating organizational changes to ensure compliance with internal rules and business expectations in terms of good governance.

- Participating in the drawing up of the compliance action plan, describing in sufficient detail the nature and frequency of the assignments that the compliance function will carry out over a specified period. The plan is based on a methodical risk analysis, the principles of which are set out in writing and assessed at regular intervals.

- Further deploying the GDPR map – Data Correspondent.

- Monitoring and reporting on Compliance MIS and KPI.

- Monitoring the compliance risk levels, developing, deploying, and operating controls necessary for the effective management of risk mitigation measures.

- Regularly maintaining the company’s Compliance Risk Register, clearly identifying each risk together with its rating.

- Assisting in producing and filing all regulatory compliance reports.

- Embedding a compliance culture in the company and its agents' day-to-day activities.

The Successful Candidate

As much as possible of:

- Legal training/certificates.

- Demonstrable compliance expertise and experience in a similar position.

- Demonstrate a strong knowledge of PSD2 & GDPR.

- Compliance Officer Certification. The company would support the successful candidate in obtaining the Belgian certification if needed.

- Knowledge of payment and/or financial industry and regulations are an advantage, mainly in Belgium.

- Strong interpersonal skills, assertiveness.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey information.

- Ability to work at pace with accuracy when under pressure.

- Languages: fluency in either French or Dutch, with a good (working) knowledge of English.

- Excellent attention to detail.

- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.

- Payments schemes and technology awareness and interest.

- Results-oriented.12

If you are interested, please apply.