Job vacancy:

Senior Executive – Legal and Onboarding

Qualifications:

  • Degree in Law/ Finance/ management or other related qualifications.
  • Excellent and proficient writing skills (both English and French).
  • Minimum of 2-3 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in the financial services industry would be a plus.
  • Familiar with relevant laws and regulations such as FIAMLA, FIAML Regulations, AML/CFT framework and the financial services framework.
MAIN DUTIES:
 
 
  • Carrying out compliance review for onboarding of new prospective clients under the management company (JurisTax Ltd) and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “JurisTax Group” or the “group”) as per the Compliance Timetable and adhering to set deadlines.
  • Ensuring regular compliance follow up on the files.
  • Ensuring proper documentation on all World Check findings at all times.
  • Ensuring compliance with statutory/regulatory filing requirements to the Registrar of Companies, Financial Services Commission and such other relevant regulatory authority be it at national and/or international level.
  • Assisting in the pre-visit preparation and onsite visit of regulators.
  • Liaising with the regulatory bodies (including the Mauritius Financial Services Commission).
  • Attending to emails’ request within 24 hours and/or such other timeframe depending on the nature of the request and to be agreed with the reporting line.
  • Helping in the take-over/transfer-in of new clients as may be requested from time to time.
  • Helping management in reviewing the compliance policy, procedures and internal controls.
  • Engaging actively in the adoption and implementation of KYC principles and the anti-money laundering and combatting terrorism financing measures, laws and guidelines.
  • Drafting and updating compliance and AML policies and procedures and compliance review template(s).
  • Conducting training sessions for educating and advising staff and senior management on compliance issues, coordinating personnel training requirements, identifying business risks and keeping up to date with changes in the AML and compliance regulatory requirements.
  • Helping in the preparation of reports or any ad-hoc paper for Board or any committee of JurisTax Group.
  • Updating the compliance library on an ongoing basis.
    Review of in-house registers and ensuring proper maintenance.
  • Carrying on legal/compliance research on matters requested and preparation of any report and paper thereof.
  • Assisting in the drafting of any legal document/correspondence.
  • Assisting in the writing of any articles to be published for the group; and
    Conducting any other cognate duties as assigned by the reporting line.

Kindly express your interest by sending your CV on: recruitment@juristax.com

Deadline for application: 29 November 2024

For more information, please visit our LinkedIn and Facebook page: JurisTax Group

Level 3, Ebene House, Hotel Avenue 33 Cybercity, Ebene, 72201 Mauritius. Tel: (+230) 465 5526 | Fax: (+230) 468 1886 Website: www.juristax.com