Senior Associate, Compliance

Job ID

209592

Posted

18-Mar-2025

Service line

REI Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Investment Banking, Investment Management, Legal

Location(s)

London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Join our dynamic UK Risk and Compliance team in London as a Senior Compliance Associate, where you will play a key role in ensuring the firm's compliance with regulatory requirements. Reporting to the Head of UK Compliance, you will provide expert regulatory compliance support to our UK Direct Real Estate and global Indirect Strategies teams, driving business growth while mitigating regulatory risk. This exciting opportunity will see you advise on complex compliance matters, develop and implement policies and procedures, and contribute to business projects, including fund launches and regulatory change.

Key responsibilities

• Provide timely and clear advice on compliance and regulatory matters to the CBRE IM UK Direct Real Estate and global Indirect Strategies teams.

• Act as a trusted advisor and challenging partner, ensuring that business decisions are informed by regulatory considerations.

• Conduct comprehensive reviews of Customer Due Diligence (KYC) files and AML/CFT risk assessments.

• Ensuring compliance policies and procedures are up-to-date and in line with regulatory requirements.

• Identifying and implementing regulatory change impacting the firm.

• Responsible for the compliance review of new products, marketing material, investor documentation.

• Ensures adequate execution of the compliance monitoring plan and ensures follow up of monitoring findings.

• Develop and deliver compliance training as appropriate.

• Perform other tasks that and ad hoc projects that may be reasonably requested and needed by the firm to fulfil its compliance obligations.

• Build and maintain relationships with various stakeholders across our operations in multiple jurisdictions.

Person Specification/Requirements

• Minimum 6 years’ compliance experience within UK financial services, preferably with experience or knowledge of alternatives / private asset classes.

• Strong knowledge of UK regulatory requirements, including FCA SYSC, COBS, CASS AIFMD, AML/KYC and financial crime regulations.

• University degree and/or professional exams (e.g. IMC, CFA, CISI Compliance Diploma).

• Excellent communication and advisory skills, with the ability to provide clear and concise advice to stakeholders.

• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

We are an inclusive employer and consider diversity to be critical to innovation. People are our greatest resource, and we encourage applicants who partially fit the above criteria to apply if they feel the posting has not captured their relevant strengths. #CBREIM

Investment Management

CBRE Investment Management is a leading global real assets investment management firm operating in over 30 offices and 20 countries around the world. Through its investor-operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, users, people and communities thrive.

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