Our client, a Top 10 global accounting firm, is looking to hire an AML Assistant for their Limassol office. 

The Role:

• You will be an integral member of our compliance team, supporting audit staff assisting us to serve a wide range of clients.
• You will assist us:
  • in carrying out our client acceptance and risk assessment procedures
  • carrying out AML (anti-money laundering) and other compliance procedures
  • understanding our client’s business
  • identifying compliance risks and how to mitigate them
  • assisting with independence and conflict of interest procedures
  • execution of other compliance work as necessary

Key responsibilities:

• Understand and utilize the company's methodology
• Perform your work diligently
• Build your technical knowledge and skills and ensure your professional development paying proper attention to passing your professional exams
• Build your soft skills that you will use to assist in the development of others within the firm and eventually in the firm’s business
• Carry out KYC (know-your-client) and onboarding procedures for new clients and perform reapproval procedures on existing clients as required by the Law;
• Perform screening on clients against specific databases and escalate any issues identified to the AML Manager;
• Ensure that the AML data and the relevant AML documentation held for clients is correct and properly completed;
• Communicate with the clients and update the clients’ AML information, when required;
• Assist with administrative tasks, including filing and organizing KYC documents;
• Support the audit department by requesting, collecting, and coordinating compliance data and information;
• Providing support to the Firm’s AML Manager and Compliance Officer as deemed necessary;

The ideal candidate would be:

• A graduate or school leaver with a strong academic background in finance, business and/or mathematics subjects, or someone who is currently working in an administration or similar support role in a professional firm or finance/banking environment who is looking for a new career opportunity.

They should also possess the following skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent knowledge of Greek and English languages
• Ambition and motivation to progress in a Compliance career
• Genuine interest in business

What we offer:

• Support for a relevant qualification in AML/compliance will be considered as part of the employment package offered.
• Our training programs include structured learning through approved training organisations and job training in a rapidly expanding professional firm that takes pride in its reputation for providing professional services of the highest standard. 

We also offer:

• Very competitive remuneration package 
• Progression based on merit
• Paid training for professional exams
• Provident fund 
• Flexible working hours
• Remote working (from second year)
• Up to 3 paid social days per year to allow you to contribute to social and environmental causes that are important to you
• Friday afternoons off
• Dress for your day
• Fridays off throughout August
• Holiday entitlement from first day of joining the firm. 
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Mothers support scheme
• International secondment scheme

To apply:

Please send your CV to StaffMatters at admin@smstaffmatters.com and mention that you are applying for the vacancy of AML Assistant with reference number 3002.
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