Senior Officer, Operations Compliance Services

ABOUT IQ-EQ

We’re a leading Investor Services group offering end-to-end services in administration, accounting, reporting, regulatory and compliance needs of the investment sector worldwide.  We employ a global workforce of 6,500+ people across 24 jurisdictions and have assets under administration (AUA) exceeding US$857 billion. We work with 13 of the world’s top-15 private equity firms. 

Our services are underpinned by a Group-wide commitment to ESG and best-in-class technology including a global data platform and innovative proprietary tools supported by in-house experts. 

Above all, what makes us different is our people. Operating as trusted partners to our clients, we deliver intelligent solutions through a combination of technical expertise and strong relationships based on deep client understanding. 

We’re driven by our Group purpose, to power people and possibilities. 

Job Description

This Role

Provides quality assurance and technical oversight for Financial Crime Prevention activities by reviewing AML/KYC, FATCA/CRS, and risk assessment deliverables, ensuring regulatory compliance, validating complex client structures, and maintaining high standards of accuracy, consistency, and risk management across the function.

What You Will Do

• You'll review and validate AML/KYC, CDD, EDD, FATCA, and CRS deliverables across varying levels of complexity, ensuring accuracy, completeness, quality, and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and internal standards.
• You'll assess and validate risk assessments, compliance conclusions, escalation decisions, periodic reviews, regulatory reporting, and complex client structures, providing sound judgement and technical expertise to support effective financial crime prevention controls.
• You'll monitor review workflows, deadlines, and quality standards, document review findings, identify potential risks or deficiencies, and ensure issues are escalated appropriately and addressed in a timely manner.
• You'll support regulatory compliance and operational excellence by maintaining in-depth knowledge of financial crime regulations, performing quality control reviews, promoting standardisation, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across the function.
• You'll demonstrate strong communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills while collaborating with stakeholders, providing technical guidance and mentoring support to team members, and fostering a culture of accountability, quality, and compliance.

What we offer

• Competitive Total Rewards Package: Comprehensive annual compensation including basic salary, HRA, special allowance, provident fund, gratuity, internet allowance, and food allowance.
• Health & Insurance Coverage: Medical insurance, group term life insurance, and personal accident insurance.
• Allowances & Support: Transportation/transport allowance and shift allowance.
• Paid Time Off: Generous leave policy to support work–life balance.

Qualifications

About You

• You hold a degree in Law or another relevant discipline, with professional

  qualifications

  such as ACAMS considered a strong advantage.
• You have a minimum of 5 years' relevant experience in AML, KYC, Financial Crime Prevention, Compliance, Risk, or a related regulatory environment, with experience in a similar review-focused role being advantageous.
• You possess in-depth knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements, AML/KYC frameworks, CDD and EDD processes, FATCA/CRS obligations, and financial crime risk assessment methodologies.
• You demonstrate strong expertise in reviewing and validating complex client structures, compliance documentation, risk assessments, regulatory reporting, and quality control processes.
• You have excellent communication, analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to maintain high-quality standards, exercise sound judgement, and support team development through coaching and mentoring.

Additional Information

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining long-term relationships with all our stakeholders – including our employees, clients, and local communities – while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.

There is always more we can, and should do, to improve – whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee. 

Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees’ careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 6,500+ employees - from 94 nationalities, across 24 countries - to each achieve their potential. Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced. 

We’re committed to growing relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients’ sustainability and success lead to our sustainability and success. We’re emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.