AML Compliance Officer (MLRO)
Solaris is a leading European fintech that proudly supports over 2.5 million customers and processes €13bn in annual transactions. We welcome the best talent to join our ambitious and committed team.
Solaris is Europe’s leading embedded finance platform empowering the future of financial services. As a tech company, we enable businesses to easily provide trusted and innovative financial experiences to their customers. Through smart APIs, our partners can embed financial services quickly and compliantly into their own product offerings.
We love what we do and we love our team. We are 750 people from over 60 nationalities - a unique blend of techies, fintech enthusiasts, bankers and entrepreneurs from various industries. Our routines are built around genuinely valuing and exchanging different perspectives as well as actively sharing knowledge as we drive our business as a team. We believe and invest in personal growth.
Job Overview:
As AML Compliance Officer (MLRO) you will be responsible for ensuring UAB “Finansinės paslaugos “Contis” (hereinafter – Solaris Lithuania) meets is regulatory obligations in the field of AML/CTF and the effectiveness of AML/CTF processes per Lithuanian regulatory requirements.
The activities, responsibilities and rights of AML Compliance Officer (MLRO) shall be governed by the EBA guidelines on the role of AML/CFT compliance officers and Bank of Lithuania resolution On instructions to financial market participants aimed at preventing money laundering and/or terrorist financing.
We have talented teams across all our functions, and we are always interested in talking to more talented people who want to be a part of this journey.
Your Role:
- Together with Solaris EMI stakeholders AML Compliance Officer (MLRO) shall be responsible for development and implementation of AML risk assessment framework, ensuring that the Solaris Lithuania related issues are properly reflected/included into the framework
- Ownership of LT aspects within the Entity Wide Risk Assessment and Solaris Lithuania related issues
- Providing guidance to the Solaris Lithuania Management Board on internal organisation of the AML/CFT framework
- Ownership of AML/CFT policies and procedures, harmonisation of AML/CFT policies with Solaris EMI and Solaris Group
- Ensuring provision of AML/CFT reports to Solaris Lithuania Management Board (ad hoc and annual activity report)
- Monitoring of Solaris Lithuania compliance with AML/CFT LT/EU regulations
- Organisation and supervision of reporting of suspicious transactions to FNTT
- Organisation of trainings and awareness building on LT/EU regulatory requirements on AML/CFT
- Taking part in the committees and working groups of Solaris Lithuania and the Solaris EMI as delegated.
- Contributing to the continued success and efficiency of the company by carrying out additional ad-hoc tasks & project work as may be required from time-to-time.
The AML Compliance Officer (MLRO) shall be consulted before a final decision is taken by management on onboarding new high-risk customers or maintaining business relationships with high-risk customers.
We'd Love to See:
- Five years’ experience in financial crime management ideally in the banking and payments space, one of which should have been in a managerial or leadership position, or demonstrated delegate responsibilities of a team
- Experience with SAR provision, using the FNTT system is a plus
- Detailed understanding of financial crime typologies in payments including debit card and banking payments.
- Previous PEPs and Sanctions monitoring exposure and understanding of the screening lists.
- Self-starting with a considered approach to defining how best to proceed.
- Pragmatic and structured approach, especially when under pressure.
- Able to contribute to strategic thinking as well as focusing on the day-to-day business requirements.
- Hands-on where necessary. We are a small team but are focused on getting things done.
- Self-starting and independent with a considered approach to defining how best to proceed.
- Structured approach, efficient under tight deadlines, with good attention to detail and able to keep things on track.
Why Work at Solaris?
- We seek out and hire only exceptional talent, and therefore recognise that each individual brings value and contribution which has made us who we are today.
- We have a tech stack to be proud of and a working environment framed by our values and behaviours.
- We are passionate people who share a common vision, can think big, and thrive on delivering results.
- We value diversity of thought and expect that you bring all of you to work; your passion, creativity and ideas on how we can be the best in the space that we operate in.
- In return we will help you to be the very best that you can, we will support with development, give you opportunities to get involved in key projects and offer exposure to challenges that you may not get in a larger organisation.
Benefits:
- Salary: up to €60,000 gross/annum
- 20 days annual leave
- Birthday Policy
- Yearly Performance Bonus
- Access to Thrive mental health app.
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Private healthcare
- Annual Growth & Development allowance
- Volunteering days
While job ads usually paint an ideal picture of a candidate, studies show that most applicants meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Unfortunately, many promising candidates tend to apply only if they meet all the criteria. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single item in the job description, please contact us anyway. We'd love to talk with you and find out if you might be a good fit for us.
Solaris is an equal opportunity employer, embraces diversity and builds an inclusive environment for its employees and customers. We consider all applicants for employment regardless of age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
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EN: https://www.solarisgroup.com/gdpr_notice_en
To all recruitment agencies: Solaris does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Solaris employees or any other venture in our ecosystem. Solaris is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
- Department
- Compliance
- Locations
- Vilnius
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Vilnius
About Solaris
Solaris is Europe’s leading embedded finance platform empowering the future of financial services. We enable businesses to easily provide trusted and innovative financial experiences to their customers. Using Solaris’ smart APIs, our partners can embed financial services quickly and compliantly into their own product offerings, so they can focus on creating products their customers love.
At Solaris we share a common purpose – to collaborate to make Solaris, and its products, the best it can be so that together, with our partners we can redefine the financial services industry.
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AML Compliance Officer (MLRO)
Solaris is a leading European fintech that proudly supports over 2.5 million customers and processes €13bn in annual transactions. We welcome the best talent to join our ambitious and committed team.
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