Compliance Monitoring Officer - Bucharest, Romania

<p><strong>COMPLIANCE MONITORING OFFICER – iBanFirst SA Branch Romania</strong></p> <p><strong>Job description</strong>                           </p> <p>We are seeking a Compliance Monitoring Officer for our Bucharest, Romania branch. In this role, you will collaborate closely with our international compliance team to help ensure that our continued growth is grounded in integrity and particularly a robust, sustainable compliance monitoring framework. You will be instrumental in supporting the implementation of this framework in alignment with local regulatory requirements. You will report to the Compliance Officer of the branch.</p> <p><strong>What you will do</strong> </p> <p>As a Compliance Monitoring Officer, your mission is to support and execute compliance monitoring activities that assess the effectiveness of iBanFirst's compliance framework across its entities. You will contribute to identifying risks and control gaps, producing monitoring outputs, and ensuring ongoing alignment with applicable regulations.</p> <p><strong>Compliance Monitoring & Controls</strong></p> <ul> <li>Execute compliance design & effectiveness monitoring activities in line with the defined control plan: run tests, document it, record and report findings in a structured and traceable manner;</li> <li>Contribute to the definition and update of monitoring controls, tests, and their periodicity, in coordination with the local Compliance officer and the Chief Compliance Officer;</li> <li>Analyse monitoring findings, including KYC review outcomes and AML alerts, identify patterns or anomalies, and escalate them appropriately to the local Compliance officer and the Chief Compliance Officer;</li> <li>Contribute to the preparation of monitoring reports and KPI/KRI dashboards for internal committees, ensuring data accuracy and clarity of presentation;</li> <li>Support the periodic review and update of the Compliance risk map based on monitoring outputs.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Regulatory Watch & Policy</strong></p> <ul> <li>Monitor regulatory developments in Romania and at EU level relevant to compliance monitoring (AML/CFT, payment institutions, etc.), and assess their impact on existing controls;</li> <li>Assist in maintaining alignment between local and group-level policies and procedures, flagging any discrepancies identified through monitoring activities;</li> <li>Support the preparation of materials and documentation for regulatory inspections, supe