Your new Company:
Join one of Luxembourg’s leading professional services firms as it expands into Portugal’s Porto region with a brand-new Office!
The company is recognized for delivering high-quality legal, tax, regulatory consulting and operational services to financial institutions, corporates, and investors, offering end-to-end support across the full business lifecycle.
This expansion into Portugal represents a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, multicultural environment that blends international exposure with local growth, offering room to develop your skills and impact clients worldwide!
Your new Role
As a Junior Officer – Operational AML & Compliance Services, you will be responsible for supporting the entire Customer Due Diligence cycle — from onboarding to periodic reviews — analysing KYC information, ensuring regulatory compliance, collaborating with internal teams and clients, driving continuous process improvement and contributing to essential operations such as capital calls, reconciliations, reporting and KPI production, playing a key role in the integrity and efficiency of AML and Compliance functions.
Your responsabilities will include:
- Engage in Customer Due Diligence process for onboarding, periodic review and trigger event review according to local AML laws and regulations;
- Analyse KYC information and documents;
- Escalation to first-line manager and/or compliance department wherever required;
- Comply with relevant local AML laws, regulatory requirements and Arendt Services’ internal policies and guidelines;
- Liaise with customers, manage internal and external queries/ issues and complaints relating to all activities;
- Challenge processes and procedures, in the context of continuous improvement;
- Attend regular training sessions on regulatory requirements;
- Support Transfer Agents on capital calls execution, contract notes and notices dissemination, cash reconciliation, and payment related queries;
- Production of KPIs and client reporting.
What you will need to be successful
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Finance or Economics;
- 1 to 3 years of experience or a newly graduate in Law or related subjects;
- Proficiency in MS Office, particularly strong knowledge of Excel;
- Fluent English, both written and spoken;
- Excellent interpersonal and communicational skills for liaising with the Fund Accounting team and other internal Departments and Third Parties;
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills;
- Be proactive in both your learning process and in your daily tasks;
- Ability to work under pressure to achieve the multiple daily deadlines for client deliverables.
What the company can offer you
- Competitive benefits package;
- Hybrid work;
- Learning & Development opportunities;
- Opportunity to join a dynamic, multicultural environment, growing its business in Portugal;
Next step:
If you are interested in this opportunity, please send us your updated CV. If you are looking for another type of professional challenge, contact us to discuss other career opportunities, always in complete confidentiality.