Senior Compliance Associate

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If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies

• 5 years+ relevant post-qualification experience gained in Compliance or Audit in a regulated environment, preferably in regulated financial industry
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English, French
• Critical thinking, evidence of thoughtful and insightful approach to matters in order to be able to connect wide range of information, analysis and escalate emerging issues and/or risks expeditiously
• Proactive, highly organized and efficient, diligent with high attention to detail
• Ability to work under limited supervision and team player with ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple, competing priorities
• Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint skills

Education

• Strong academic background, including master degree, preferably in law

Within an evolving regulatory environment, the successful candidate will provide support during UK business hours to the EMEA Compliance team, primarily supporting internal and regulatory reporting including notification to regulators, as well as providing general Compliance support to Local Compliance Officers on their day to day tasks. The successful candidate will perform its tasks independently and will operate under limited supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the preparation and submission of Compliance and regulatory reporting for internal (e.g. Board, endorsement committee) and external use (periodic and ad-hoc reporting to regulators)
• Develop and maintain up to date processes and procedures for accurate, timely and complete reporting, continuously seek out opportunities to streamline and standardize processes and enhance operational controls and efficiencies
• Support information gathering, review and generation of responses for regulatory supervision, support regulatory implementation and remediations in relation to periodic reporting;
• Support the successful transition of regulatory reporting to its new operating model where applicable, including implementation of controls and change management activities such as drafting business rules for technology implementation, creation of checklists, communications, training, procedures, etc.
• Monitor the Compliance generic mailbox and provide day-to-day Compliance guidance and advice to EMEA staff
• Work closely with the global Compliance team on the implementation and administration of the company's Compliance programme in the region, such as review of translated policies, procedures and training in French

About the team

Moody's Compliance function operates globally to provide Compliance support, guidance and implementation to its business lines. This role is part of the EMEA Compliance team who are based out of London, Frankfurt, Paris, Dubai and Vilnius. The team is responsible for implementing and administering the company's internal Compliance program across the EMEA region and closely interacts with Central Compliance functions, primarily located in the US. There is limited to none interaction on day to day tasks with the APAC region.

Working at Moody’s

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