Chief financial officer Offres d'emploi - Antwerp

Head of Compliance, Europe

European Statutory Compliance Officer)

Time zone : Belgium

WD Posting Location : Belgium

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Compliance : responsible for managing European regulated entity and business line compliance requirements and processes and acting as an advisory partner to the business segments within a group supervisory framework. Responsible for developing, managing and delivering the European compliance programme and strengthening and broadening the company’s compliance and ethics programme in a highly dynamic environment created by significant international growth. This will include identifying critical issues and risks, defining gaps in compliance, implementing remediation measures, formulating appropriate policies and procedures, and promoting a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the region.

Regulatory Affairs : responsible for assisting in building and maintaining strong positive relationships with regulators in multiple jurisdictions with an emphasis on the home state regulators (NBB, FSMA). A critical element of this objective is identifying, developing and designing innovative governance solutions to meet expectations of both internal and external stakeholders and having the negotiating and influencing skills to implement. Act as statutory Compliance Officer.

European Projects : responsible for advising and delivering business focused compliance input to management and the business segments. Key relationships – senior insurance company management, business segment heads and management teams, legal teams across Europe, compliance resources across Europe, internal audit, risk and international regulators.

Main Responsibilities

• Be a trusted advisor and gatekeeper to senior members of the business and legal team, able to work independently on complex cross-border matters in a multicultural environment and with products that do not easily fit into traditional product and compliance categories.
• Assess compliance risks and evaluate the business procedures and systems controls designed to mitigate risks.  Ensure the establishment of an annual compliance plan based on a business and compliance risk assessment process.
• Take overall compliance responsibility for businesses as directed including International Organizations and Branch activities.
• Continually examine all business and compliance activities, programs, organizations, operations, and policies to ensure alignment with company vision.
• Provide value as a business partner, while maintaining objectivity and independence.
• Ensure compliance projects meet professional and company standards in planning, execution, and reporting.
• Assist the European Chief Counsel, and International Chief Compliance officer in building a “best in class” corporate governance and global compliance function.
• Prepare materials for the European Audit Committee, Risk Committee, Comite de Direction and European company Boards related to compliance performance and achievement of annual compliance plan.
• Review compliance documentation and processes and issue compliance audit reports and assessments.
• Interact with and influence senior managers and matrix partners to build an effective culture of compliance.
• Respond to and interact with Regulators from multiple jurisdictions, building strong positive relationships, in maintaining company compliance position and promoting good corporate governance.
• Work with the business lines to review and develop appropriate compliance processes
• Lead the creation of the annual compliance plan.
• Work with Enterprise Compliance to ensure implementation of HO policies such as OFAC, anti-bribery and AML and other corporate global policies.
• Develop training and other measures and processes tailored to the compliance requirements of the company businesses.
• Anticipate compliance issues and design strategies to address related business risks as well as play a key role in implementing such strategies.
• Maintain an effective compliance communication programme for Europe including promoting 1) use of the hotline, 2) ‘tone at the top’ communications by business executives, 3) heightened awareness of the Code of Ethics, and 4) understanding of new and existing compliance issues and related policies and procedures.
• Develop a detailed understanding of the various businesses and the legal and compliance issues which arise.
• Develop a detailed understanding of company European and global governance framework to be able to deliver innovative solutions.
• Motivate and manage the local team of Compliance Officers in Europe and encourage personal / professional development.

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