Job Description

Intesa Sanpaolo is the banking group leader in Italy. Assisting more than 14,6 milion of retail customers through a network of 5360 branches, it significantly supports the development of Companies and gives an important sustain to the country's growth. The Group has a selected retail banking presence in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, with approximately 1,000 branches and 7.2 million customers in 12 countries. Intesa Sanpaolo is also present in 25 countries in support of its corporate customers' cross-border business. It is looking for new qualify profiles who want to face demanding and challenging career path with the following requirements: expearcl

Scope and Purpose

. Managing the relation with the Supervisory Authorities, as well as with internal and external auditors; . Managing Supervisory Authorities' inspections and visits; . Managing non-compliance events, providing assistance and cooperation to the concerned structures and ensuring the identification and implementation of actions to be taken to address any organizational and/or procedural gaps; . Ensuring that customers and transactions are screened against all the relevant Sanction Lists and Internal Lists; . Assessing the transactions (transactions filtering) and the customers (customer data filtering) positively matched against Sanction List and addressing the initiatives required based on the assessment outcomes; . Authorising the opening and maintaining of existing relationships with high risk customers, as well as all relationships with PEPs; . Ensuring that all internal suspicious activity reports received are investigated without delay and determining whether or not suspicions have substance and require disclosure to the relevant national FIU; . Identifying and assessing regulatory compliance and AML/Sanctions risks and their governance, also performing second level controls, identifying and scheduling the related management activities; . Drafting the reporting information flows, concerning compliance & AML, required by Local Authorities; . Managing reporting information and risk assessment flows towards Head Office Chief Compliance Officer area (covering both Compliance & AML); . Performing the daily compliance & AML activities assigned; . Assisting on the analysis of local and applicable international rules, as well the Bank internal guidelines applicable to the branch; . Assisting in assessing the impact of internal and external rules and regulations on branch's processes and procedures; . Supporting in the prior compliance & AML assessment of all innovative projects/products; . Supporting the Compliance Department in keeping the General Manager and Head Office Compliance abreast on the evolution of European and UAE regulations; . Periodic review of existing policies and procedures of the Branch to ensure they are effective and up to date and compliant with current European, UAE and other Supervisory Regulations and guidelines; . Managing roll-out of Branch policies and procedures to Branch staff and provide training as necessary in support of awareness; . Preparing and completing any local Regulatory and Exchange reporting; . Monitoring remedial actions and timely update and report Head Office Chief Compliance Officer area; . Performing ex-post verifications of adequacy and actual application of internal processes and procedures; . Providing advice in all matters relevant from a compliance & AML risk perspective; . Performing operational activities as regards the keeping of registers (insider list, conflict of interest, etc.) and preparing reports and communications; . Providing appropriate training for Branch's staff in relation to compliance & AML topics.

Required Experience

. Minimum eight years of Compliance/AML experience either in banks/financial institutions/local regulators; . Strong knowledge and experience in managing local regulatory requirements; . Extensive experience in conducting risk assessments.

Required Qualifications, Skills and Knowledge

. University degree in law, finance and/or economics; . English fluent (both written and spoken), Italian and Arabic are an advantage; . Deep understanding of the European and UAE regulatory environment and expectations; . Knowledge of international Compliance regulations and international practices; . Ability to research laws and regulations and provide advice on the applicability within a given environment; . Deep understanding of the corporate and investment banking business; . Excellent detailed-oriented skill set; . Knowledge of financial institutions, correspondent banking and trade finance products and services; . Positive attitude towards colleagues and the organisation to ensure seamless communication; . Familiarity with various corporate structures e.g. Funds, Trusts, SPVs, etc is an advantage; . Good knowledge of local and international Economic Sanctions laws and regulations; . Knowledge of Anti-Bribery and corruption applicable regulation; . Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities; . Ability to synthetize large volume of information and identify key issues; . Ability to produce high quality work to meet challenging deadlines; . Excellent organisational skills; . Ability to work under pressure; . Good command of Microsoft Office. Everyone is an asset for our Group and that person could be you! Check out our job opportunities, apply and join our team!