Markets Compliance Associate/Vice President, Paris

Job Responsibilities

• Provide credible, timely, and risk-based advice, challenge, and support on regulatory matters, including 'live' regulatory interpretations and decisions to the business in high-profile and/or time-constrained situations.
• Deliver thought leadership and compliance input to regulatory change management.
• Document and communicate timely input into business initiatives consistent with the firm's regulatory and reputational risk tolerances, such as new product proposals, business re-organisation, and review of specific initiatives, transactions or structures to identify regulatory and control issues (e.g., bespoke corporate derivative transactions).
• Conduct scheduled and ad-hoc training sessions for the business.
• Participate in monitoring and testing activities and identify assurance activities as required.
• Identify, implement, and review compliance policies, procedures, and additional documentation.
• Participate actively in the identification, assessment, challenge, and calibration of risks.
• Contribute to responses to regulatory and exchange inquiries, investigations, and exams.
• Prepare materials for First and Second Line of Defence recipients and act as the compliance representative at relevant forums.
• Oversee the disposition and issuance of policy and conduct violations, partnering with HR, Legal and other internal stakeholders.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Familiarity with Markets structures and products.
• Knowledge of key financial services regulation applicable to Markets (e.g. MiFID, MAR) and recent regulatory developments (e.g. Retail Investment Strategy).
• Ability to work independently and to know when to escalating an issue.
• "Can do" attitude with the willingness to help others in the team and external to the team.
• High level of attention to detail and focus on the quality of the work product.
• Proactive, able to think critically about information presented, comfortable with subjective situations, and ready to ask appropriate questions and effectively challenge.
• Willingness to go above and beyond to deliver excellence.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex regulatory issues into comprehensible messages for a range of audiences and levels, and engage with a range of different stakeholders.
• Ability to consider the regulators' position and understand, anticipate and react positively to their requirements and demands.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

• Good understanding of broader French regulatory requirements.
• Relevant experience performing a similar role at a global investment bank.

About the Team

Our professional team in Corporate Functions covers a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our compliance teams work globally across all lines of business to advise internal stakeholders on the impact of regulatory requirements and how to balance these with the firm's needs. They also provide input on new business strategies, product lines, policies, training, operational processes, risk mitigation and control.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal‑opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.