Compliance Officer - Gibraltar - Offshore Fund Job

About Gibraltar

Being in a strategic position at the southern end of Spain, Gibraltar is famous for The Rock.

It is a self-governing, separate and distinct offshore jurisdiction; is in the Central European time zone; and is within easy reach of all European capitals.

It is in the GMT time zone and the official currency is Sterling.

With the official currency of Sterling and a population of approximately 30,000, the whole offshore jurisdiction only measures approx 6.5 sq km.

What it lacks for in size Gibraltar makes up for in the dynamism of its offshore finance centre whose growth can be put down to the fact Gibraltar is a tax-effective, well regulated, well placed and well developed jurisdiction.

With in the offshore finance industry Gibraltar offers finance professionals accounting, banking, and insurance, fund and trust jobs.

Core growth areas include:

Fund Management
Captive Insurance
Insurance
Offshore Trust Formation
Private Banking

With its growing economic relationship with Spain and with the FSC being at t the forefront of financial services regulation the future for Gibraltar as an offshore finance jurisdiction looks rosy.

Job Specification

An award winning Gibraltar based fund administration company that provides services to the asset management industry both in Gibraltar and overseas has an opportunity for a Compliance Officer to join their busy team.

The Gibraltar arm of this global operation (a FTSE 100 company), specialises in the administration of hedge funds, property funds and private equity funds for both Gibraltar domiciled and non domiciled funds.

We seek a Compliance professional with circa 3 years+ experience preferably working from within the fund sector.

Duties will include :

Prepare reports, detail findings, and make recommendations for changes to senior management, and implement those changes.
Schedule, conduct and oversee Compliance Monitoring for compliance with procedures, regulatory and statutory obligations.
Identify, report, escalate and seek resolution of weaknesses or gaps in internal procedures or controls within the business.
Maintenance of Compliance Manual and Procedures.
Participate in regular Compliance Committees and other relevant business forums

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