GRC Compliance Officer

Our client is a well‑established international financial services group with a strong presence in Luxembourg and operations across multiple jurisdictions. The organisation operates in a regulated environment and provides corporate, fiduciary, and administrative services to an international client base. It is known for its strong governance culture, emphasis on regulatory compliance, and close interaction with supervisory authorities.

Responsibilities

• Act as a first line of defence control function, supporting Authorized Management in maintaining a robust governance, risk, and compliance framework across the business.
• Maintain and continuously update operational and compliance‑related risk registers, ensuring risks are clearly identified, appropriately classified, mitigated, and escalated in line with Luxembourg regulatory expectations.
• Coordinate, document, and evidence the execution of internal governance and compliance controls, including tracking deficiencies and remediation actions.
• Own and maintain the outsourcing oversight framework, including the outsourcing register, ongoing monitoring activities, and supporting documentation in accordance with CSSF requirements.
• Maintain core governance documentation such as committee materials, minutes, decision logs, management and board packs, and internal tracking tools, ensuring audit‑ready and regulator‑ready records at all times.
• Support Compliance and senior management with Entity‑Wide Risk Assessment activities, including data collection, validation, challenge of inputs, and documentation of outcomes.
• Assist with first line control testing, quality assurance, and sign‑off activities below formal escalation thresholds to second line or committees.
• Coordinate timely and accurate responses to internal and external audit requests, regulatory reviews, and compliance information requests.
• Monitor incidents, breaches, complaints, key risk indicators, and internal control findings, ensuring appropriate documentation, follow‑up, and closure.
• Act as a central point of contact for operational teams on governance, compliance, and internal control matters, providing guidance and ensuring accountability.
• Support compliance‑driven internal projects and regulatory initiatives, ensuring deadlines, responsibilities, and deliverables are clearly tracked and met.

Candidate profile

• Proven experience in governance, compliance, operational risk, or internal controls within a Luxembourg‑regulated financial services environment.
• Strong understanding of Luxembourg regulatory expectations, including governance standards, outsourcing oversight, and first line of defence responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to structure, maintain, and evidence governance and compliance documentation suitable for senior management, auditors, and regulators.
• Comfortable operating in a hands‑on first line role with responsibility for execution, oversight, and escalation where required.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple regulatory and compliance workstreams simultaneously and meet strict deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify control weaknesses, assess operational and compliance risks, and propose pragmatic solutions.
• Clear and confident communicator, able to work effectively with Compliance, Operations, and senior stakeholders.
• Experience supporting entity‑wide risk assessments, audits, regulatory reporting, or compliance monitoring activities is highly desirable.
• Background in fiduciary services, corporate services, asset servicing, or broader financial services is considered an advantage.