Career Opportunity
Associates within the Supervision Section
Jobsplus Permit No. 485/2021
The Role
The FIAU is seeking to strengthen its Supervision Section through the recruitment of Associates. Responsibilities include:
- Planning and executing compliance examination in line with internal procedures to assess subject persons’ adherence to AML/CFT obligations and whether the control framework is adequate towards ensuring that ML/FT risks are adequately mitigated;
- Analyse results of compliance examinations and prepare compliance examination reports on a timely basis to clearly document such results;
- Participating in Supervision Committee and Compliance Monitoring Committee and contribute in discussions on the results of compliance examinations;
- Liaising, coordinating, and cooperating with various Competent Authorities including the Malta Financial Services Authority/ Malta Gaming Authority / Sanctions Monitoring Board / the National Coordination Committee for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism / the Malta Police Force and others as may be required from time to time;
- Contribute to advising and assisting subject persons to establish appropriate AML and CFT internal structures and controls;
- Assist the Risk Team in the carrying out of risk assessments, execution of risk verification procedures and provision of feedback on the outcome of compliance examination as well as the Remediation Team in following-up on the results of compliance examinations;
- Participate in training provided to subject persons, supervision officers or other supervisory authorities;
- Assisting in other task related to evaluations and assessments being undertaken by various local and international bodies such as the EU, the Egmont Group, MONEYVAL, FATF, etc.;
- Carrying out any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Director, Deputy Director, Head, Senior Manager and Manager, from time to time.
Requirements
- University degree or an equivalent qualification in Banking and Finance, Financial Services, Economics, Law, English, History or in any other subject provided that the applicant has proven experience in an area, which is relevant to this position;
- Knowledge of the laws that govern prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism in Malta and the international standards and EU legislation in the area;
- Sound knowledge in Banking and Finance, Financial Services, Economics and Law;
- Proven knowledge and experience in statistical analysis, risk assessment & management and report writing is considered as an asset;
- Outstanding written and verbal communications skills in either Maltese or English;
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office and office automation tools;
- Pleasant personality and be of good moral character;
- A clean criminal record.
We Offer
• A dynamic working environment
• Excellent career prospects
• An attractive remuneration package, and other staff benefits
• Flexi Time
• Team building events