Role: Compliance Testing Officer
Location: Amsterdam
Salary: Competitive and Candidate Dependent
Reporting To: Head of Compliance Testing, Amsterdam

We are currently representing a multinational Corporate Bank, situated in Amsterdam. The role itself comes with plenty of responsibility - you will be assisting the head of compliance testing and team of 3 compliance testing officers, in developing and executing an annual testing plan to cover 8 locations across Europe.

The Candidate

2+ years' + of experience gained from Compliance, AFC, Audit, Risk or other type of regulatory background within the financial services industry
Strong knowledge of the financial markets rules and regulations on compliance and AFC topics, with a focus on the EU laws
Understanding of compliance and financial crime risks and internal controls
Understanding of banking business environment and products
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate across all three lines of defence and to describe complex cases
Fluent in English, and any other language is a bonus

The Role

Support the creation of the multi-year testing plan for all in-scope countries that covers the right risks and is in line with the global methodology
Undertake testing activities according to the testing plan to satisfy the mandatory and risk based requirements for testing, to the deadlines agreed and the standards defined in the global testing framework
Communicate testing results using high quality reports
Proactively engage with the business to agree issues and remediation actions from testing Activities
Update the relevant tracking system timely and accurately with information on the reviews, tests, checks and their progress
Support continuous enhancement of the testing programme by identifying improvements and implementing them, while ensuring the programme remains aligned to the global framework
Establish and maintain effective communication channels and working relationships with the relevant stakeholders in the business and other control functions (e.g. DCO, BCU, NFRM, Internal Audit, COO, Risk, etc.) to ensure a coordinated approach and effective resolution of issues