The Opportunity:
The Senior Compliance Analyst will serve as a lead operator supporting a centralized AML/KYC framework for Luxembourg‑domiciled alternative investment funds. This role will execute complex onboarding, screening, due‑diligence, escalation, and quality‑control tasks, acting as a subject‑matter expert for analysts and stakeholders. The Senior Compliance Analyst ensures adherence to the organization’s policies, oversees high‑risk reviews, supports governance forums, and contributes to continuous improvement of the operating model.
What you’ll do:
KYC/Onboarding & Ongoing Due Diligence
- Lead end‑to‑end AML/KYC due diligence for complex investors across SCSp, RAIF, SICAV‑RAIF and other Luxembourg AIF structures.
- Perform CDD and EDD, including complex UBO/control analysis, ownership tree construction, source of wealth/source of funds corroboration, and independent research.
- Conduct sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening and manage escalations to centralized screening or compliance teams.
- Assign and document investor risk ratings using the prescribed risk‑assessment methodology.
Quality, Escalation & Decision Support
- Act as the primary escalation point for complex or high‑risk files, preparing evidence packs for review committees and approval bodies.
- Draft comprehensive EDD narratives, acceptance/rejection recommendations, and document decision trails for governance oversight.
- Perform QC/QA reviews on analyst work and support oversight sampling activities.
- Identify control gaps, defects, and training needs and propose remediation plans.
Governance, Reporting & Regulatory Support
- Prepare reporting inputs for governance committees covering SLAs, KPIs, backlogs, risk distribution, screening outcomes, and defects.
- Support regulatory response preparation by drafting evidence bundles, summaries, and audit‑ready documentation.
- Contribute to independent testing, lookbacks, remediation tracking, and periodic compliance reviews.
Process, Controls & Training
- Train and mentor junior analysts; support onboarding of new team members.
- Support major implementation activities, including repository setup, workflows, dual‑run periods, and stabilization cycles.
To Qualify for the role, you will have:
- 3–5 years of AML/KYC or financial crime experience, ideally within EU‑regulated fund environments (Luxembourg AIFs strongly preferred).
- Deep understanding of Luxembourg AML/CFT requirements, governance expectations, and investor types.
- Demonstrated experience performing EDD, analyzing complex structures, and preparing high‑risk recommendations.
- Strong written communication and ability to produce audit‑ready documentation.
- Experience with QC/QA frameworks and remediation tracking.
Skills and Attributes for Success:
- Demonstrated professional integrity
- Dependable, flexible, and adaptable to new ACA initiatives and changing client needs
- Ability to exercise discretion and make independent judgments on matters of significance
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, small team environment
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients
- Highly motivated and goal oriented; pro-active in one’s own education and career progression; volunteers for and shows initiative on both internal and external projects and tasks
- Dedicated to upholding ACA’s high-quality standards and customer service focus
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications and comfortable working in a tech enabled environment.
What working at ACA offers:
We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Our Total Rewards package includes an annual discretionary bonus, pension, private medical insurance, group life insurance, group income protection, subsidized corporate gym membership, season ticket loan, employee assistance programme, and more. Our time off options include up to 26 days of annual holiday allowance and statutory bank holidays, as well as days off for your work anniversary, career development, and volunteering.
About ACA:
ACA Group is the leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services. We empower our clients to reimagine GRC and protect and grow their business. Our innovative approach integrates consulting, managed services, and our ComplianceAlpha® technology platform with the specialized expertise of former regulators and practitioners and our deep understanding of the global regulatory landscape.
What we commit to:
ACA is firmly committed to a policy of nondiscrimination, which applies to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotions, training, discipline, terminations, layoffs, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation and all other terms and conditions of employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
