My Client is a leading specialist in the pan-European, regional, multi-let real estate market. The team manages over circa 610 retail, office and industrial properties with a value of circa €4.1billion. They are currently searching for an Assistant Compliance Officer to join their team on a 1 year fixed term contract.

Key Duties to include

• Reviewing and updating compliance policies and procedures, providing analysis of new regulations and the impact on the firm.
• Assisting with responding to regulatory queries from internal and external clients.
• Assisting with AML processes and procedures, performing customer due diligence and KYC process for clients.
• Ensuring new joiners have completed all compliance onboarding documents.
• Assisting with designing, delivering and monitoring regulatory eLearning training, and ensuring that all staff members complete the training.
• Processing compliance requests from staff and maintaining firm registers, e.g. personal account dealing, gifts and entertainment, breaches, complaints, conflicts.
• Assisting with GDPR compliance.
• Supporting the Head of Compliance on day-to-day tasks and projects and providing general administrative support to the compliance and legal functions.

Candidates Skills/Qualities

• Awareness of general UK (and EU) regulatory requirements and previous compliance experience.
• Knowledge of some specific regulatory areas an advantage, for example, IFPR, AIFMD, ESG, KYC, Marketing, GDPR
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to liaise with stakeholders and counterparties of my client
• Willingness to learn and take ownership of developing the role and compliance procedures.
• Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong analytical, research and reporting skills.
• Ability to handle a varied workload.
• Proficiency in MS Word and Excel.