Compliance Officer, Finance & Banking

Fund Rock is a Pan-European leading independent UCITS management company and AIFM (Alternative Investment Fund Manager). Our clients are established blue‑chip companies and leaders in their domestic market. We invest in our people, enabling you to develop your skills and build on your experience. If you like the idea of working for an ambitious and growing company, as part of a multicultural team, we are the place for you.

Role: Compliance Officer

Location: Valencia

Employment Type: Permanent

As a Compliance Officer at Apex Group, this role acts as a key contributor to both day‑to‑day and strategic compliance matters, ensuring adherence to local regulations, AML/CFT requirements, and internal and group policies. The position provides regulatory guidance across all levels of the organization, oversees compliance controls and monitoring, manages key compliance registers, and serves as an escalation point for complex AML/KYC, sanctions, and KYA matters.

Working closely with internal and external MLROs, portfolio managers, transfer agents, and auditors, the role supports high‑risk assessments, regulatory reporting, and investor due diligence, while also contributing to policy development, staff training, and annual compliance and AML risk reporting.

• Key player in the Compliance Team for a broad spectrum of day‑to‑day business and strategic topics.
• Ensure compliance, together with the Compliance Team, with local laws and regulations as well as with internal and group policies and procedures.
• Give guidance to all levels of employees in relation to the execution and implementation of regulatory obligations and internal procedures.
• Manage and perform controls in accordance with the Compliance Monitoring Plan and ad hoc controls.
• Oversee the maintenance of compliance logs, such as Conflict of Interest register, Complaints register, PEP register; including the assessment of situations in these subject areas.
• Take on tasks in the daily processing of hits as part of the AML/CFT and sanctions screening of clients, business partners and funds assets.
• Act as an escalation point when analyzing AML/KYC for new and existing clients.
• Act as an escalation point for delegated Portfolio‑Management when analyzing KYA (Know Your Assets) for new and existing investments and establish appropriate mitigation measures. If necessary, also in direct contact with external investment advisors or portfolio managers.
• Act as a connecting link to internal and external funds RCs (MLRO). Prepare and submit the LIS RC's opinion and further coordinate with internal and external RCs in case of high‑risk assets.
• Provide support for the internal RCs appointed for funds in the event of complex issues.
• Answer and/or monitor AML/CFT related DD questionnaires/questions (from clients, fund investors and fund auditors) on LIS or the funds.
• Issue/prep AML/comfort letters and beneficial ownership confirmations.
• Supervise the review of AML/CFT KPIs from transfer agents, delegated portfolio managers and oversee risk assessments for the respective funds.
• Train junior staff.
• Develop and maintain the Compliance and AML/CFT policies and procedures and assist in the introduction of group policies.
• Support the preparation of the annual compliance report, the AML/CFT risk report, and the annual AML/CFT risk assessment.
• Provide support to the Head of Compliance and conduct house trainings for all levels of staff.

• 4+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong academic background (preferably in law or economics) and at least five years of relevant work experience in the financial services industry, a credit institution or an auditor, preferably in a Compliance or Internal Audit department or in a cross‑functional department.
• Willingness to gain and maintain a solid knowledge of the relevant legal and regulatory requirements of the fund industry in Luxembourg as well as AML/CFT.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills in English;
  German would be a strong asset (basic knowledge of French is desirable).
• Enjoy making decisions and working on multiple issues on a daily basis.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, work…