Assistant Compliance Manager and Nominated Officer

About Suntera

Suntera Global is a leading international provider of fund, corporate and private wealth services, with over 45 years of experience and 550+ specialists supporting a diverse range of industries worldwide, empowering responsible ambition through professional delivery of governance, administration and accounting services, all while focusing on strong relationships and continually evolving to provide the best possible service to clients.

The purpose of the role is to work as a proactive member of the Compliance Department, supporting good compliance standards across the local business with applicable regulatory and financial crime regulations as well as Group wide compliance standards. You will work collaboratively within the Compliance Department locally and across Group where the opportunities arise. Your work will be performed in line with local internal controls.

In support of those holding the prescribed roles, you and your colleagues will perform your roles within the Compliance Department in line with the Global Compliance Framework to provide a consistently excellent standard of work. This will be achieved through you maintaining, monitoring, planning, developing, enhancing, and ensuring the efficient and effective operation of the Compliance Department and giving support and direction in relation to the client services provided by Suntera.

• Collaborate with colleagues from across the business in carrying out the daily tasks as received by the Compliance Department.
• Provide compliance guidance across the business.
• Signoff on client files, client onboarding, CDD, and trigger events.
• Perform client risk assessments.
• Perform Enhanced Due Diligence procedures.
• Perform ongoing monitoring of the Compliance Programme.
• Perform sanctions screening and investigations as required.
• Assist with regulatory audit, internal audits and clearing any identified exceptions.
• Assist with regulatory filings for the business.
• Ensure the client database is updated with recommendations from the Acceptance Committee and ad-hoc business requests.
• Assist with ad hoc compliance projects as may be assigned.
• Attend meetings as required on behalf of the Head of Compliance or Compliance Managers.
• Monitor applicable regulatory changes, research new and existing laws, regulations, policies, and industry standards and identify existing and emerging business practice issues and risks and propose relevant measures to be taken to mitigate those risks.
• Ensure all staff are provided with suitable compliance training and support a strong compliance culture across the business.
• Prepare compliance questionnaires and reporting.
• Any other tasks that may be required to support the Head of Compliance or Compliance Managers.

In the role of Nominated Officer, you will be responsible for the following tasks and duties in support of and with oversight from the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO):

• Receive internal Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) in the absence of the MLRO.
• Ensure reports are logged in a timely manner on the SAR log.
• Ensure reports are acknowledged in line with Company policy.
• Commence, investigate and onward report if necessary (including Consent requests).
• Document any decision not to onward report.
• File all supporting documents.
• Support the MLRO as an integral part of the MLRO function.

Skills and Requirements:

You will be a dynamic, proactive and rigorous individual with excellent communication skills. The following attributes would also be advantageous:

• Strong levels of technical knowledge and detailed knowledge of regulatory requirements – holding an ICA Diploma or be willing to undertake this level of professional study.
• Ideally at least 5 years of experience in a similar position in a Funds, Corporate, Private Wealth or Family Office business.
• Knowledge of relevant legal and regulatory requirements in which Suntera Guernsey operates – specifically in relation to Fiduciary and Funds.
• You are able to work independently and supervise the administrative staff in compliance matters.
• Computer literacy, particularly with Word and Excel.
• High Levels of motivation, problem solving and initiative.
• Be able to forward plan and proactively manage internal relationships.
• Deliver goals and support the wider team to deliver goals by agreed response times.
• Identify and support efforts to work efficiently.

• Integrity
• Inspires client and team confidence
• Adaptable and versatile
• Assertive and confident
• Discrete and tactful
• Emotional resilience
• “Can do” attitude
• Role model
• Appropriate office conduct and attitude to work

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and develop new ways of working, where you will have the opportunity to input into the evolution of our business processes on an ongoing basis. The training and career opportunities that come as standard with a dynamic and rapidly growing group of companies will allow you to develop both professionally and personally.