Compliance Intern

Compliance Intern

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Duration: 12 Months

Role Overview:

The Compliance Intern will support the Central Compliance and Compliance Testing team within the NBCGF Compliance Department. The Intern will have a dual role, affording exposure across a broad range of the Compliance Programme at NBCGF; as well as engagement with the NBC Capital Markets global compliance teams.

Within the Testing team, the Intern will work with the Compliance Testing Manager and assist in planning, coordinating, and executing testing activities, working closely with relevant departments and senior stakeholders to assess compliance risks, evaluate the effectiveness of controls, identify areas for improvement, and support the organisation’s commitment to strong governance and regulatory compliance.

Within the Central Compliance team, the Intern will support the preparation of compliance Board and Committee reporting, issue management, privacy, conflicts of interest, policy design and regulatory governance.

Main Responsibilities:

Compliance Testing:

• Support the delivery of Compliance Testing reviews across key regulatory and compliance risk areas and assist in sampling.
• Support testing cycle and attend walkthroughs, document findings with the Testing Manager and assist in reporting and remediation tracking through issue and action follow ups and closure
• Support in preparation of management information, testing documentation, and regulatory reporting assurance reviews.
• Assist in maintaining Compliance Testing methodologies, plans, and standards.
• Attend Final report Meetings with Senior Stakeholders and assist the Testing Manager with Report preparation

Central Compliance:

• Assist in the preparation of compliance Committee and Board reports.
• Support the collation of compliance and privacy management information.
• Support the end-to-end management of compliance issues, including identification, remediation design, reporting, issue closure and record keeping.
• Assist in regulatory engagement activities, including tracking communications and follow-up actions, maintaining logs and supporting regulatory inspections and authorisations, where applicable.
• Support the completion of Data Protection Impact Assessments, Record of Processing Activity Reviews and day-to-day privacy work.
• Track and collate conflicts of interest data.
• Assist in policy and procedure design and review.

Skills and Experience Required:

We encourage applications from candidates who bring a diverse set of skills, experiences, and perspectives and who wants to make a career in Compliance. The ideal candidate will possess:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Legal, Audit or a similar discipline.
• Good analytical & problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, reporting tools, and data analytics solutions and presentations
• Good communication/interpersonal skills
• Some experience in financial services would be a plus

About the Team:

The NBCGF Compliance department is an independent, second line of defence function responsible for overseeing compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, internal policies, and conduct standards across the organisation. The function provides advice, challenge, monitoring, testing, surveillance, financial crime oversight, conduct oversight and regulatory governance to support NBCGF's compliance framework.

Compliance Testing Team: The Testing team within the larger Compliance function provides independent assessments of compliance with regulatory requirements and the effectiveness of controls across NBCGF where the Compliance Intern will work closely with the Compliance Testing Manager and interact with multiple stakeholders during the Testing cycle and interact with senior Management during Report discussions. The Testing intern will also collaborate with the Testing Manager based in London.

Central Compliance: The Central Compliance team supports the delivery of the NBCGF Compliance Programme across a number of areas, including regulatory governance, issue management, conflicts of interest, privacy, policy design and maintenance and compliance reporting. The Central Compliance team works closely with the Chief Compliance Officer, regularly interacts with all departments within the Firm, in particular, Front Office, Governance and Legal; as well as the global Capital Markets compliance teams within NBC.

About Us:

NBCGF is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of National Bank of Canada (“NBC”). The main strategic purpose of NBCGF is to enable the NBC Group (“NBC Group,” meaning National Bank of Canada and all its subsidiaries) to grow and diversify its presence in Europe while allowing for a natural development of its existing business relationships and the establishment of new ones in the European markets.

NBC has over 150 years of history and is currently the 6th largest Canadian bank. Through its branch and subsidiary network, NBC can service clients throughout North America and Europe. NBC’s strategy is to further develop NBCGF as its hub for trading and financial services in Europe.

What NBCGF has to Offer:

Access to competitive working conditions, a wide range of employee benefits, and a dynamic work environment.

Open, respectful workplace where all employees can achieve their full potential.

NBCGF recognises that the culture of an organisation and the performance of its workforce are not mutually exclusive. Since our inception in 2013, NBCGF has worked tirelessly to ensure our cultural framework aligns not only with the Code of Conduct and Ethics of our parent company, NBC, but with our own environmental and local values.

Promoting and supporting diversity in the workplace is an important aspect of good people’s management- it’s about valuing everyone in the organisation as an individual. We at NBCGF have an effective diversity and inclusion approach concerning our employees. There are no silos in our teams and management strive to add value to our organisation, by contributing to employee well-being and engagement. NBCGF takes pride in its diverse work force, employing and cultivating professionals from all over the globe.

Working at NBCGF can take different forms and it is built around the relationship of trust between the employer and its employees. NBCGF operates a hybrid working model where the employee’s time can be split between the office and a remote location on a schedule which may vary. The model considers customer expectations, organisational needs, and constraints, as well as the employees’ need for flexibility and the nature of the work they perform. What is important is having the right arrangements in place so that you can best perform your role.

We're putting people first.

We're a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on people’s lives.

We want our recruitment process to be fully accessible. If you require accommodation, feel free to let us know during your first conversations with us.

We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

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