Director - Financial Crime

Overview: When you join Hines, you will work alongside innovative leaders who set the standards responsible for our reputation as an industry leader today, and you’ll be a part of shaping our future in the years to come.

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  This role can be based in London or Luxembourg.

Responsibilities: As the Director of Financial Crime with Hines, you will be responsible for enhancing and maintaining our financial crime framework so it helps to achieve compliance across anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML/CTF), anti-bribery and corruption (ABC), including third party relationships and gifts, travel and entertainment (GTE), and financial sanctions. Hines is seeking to hire its first dedicated financial crime leader to join our global compliance team. The Director will report to the Chief Compliance Officer (based in London) and will supervise three team members (1 in London, 2 in Houston). Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

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  Strategic development of the financial crime program for AML, ABC, sanctions and facilitation of tax evasion.
• Assess legislative and regulatory environment in all jurisdictions in which Hines operates to interpret impact to our business.
• Assess adequacy and effectiveness of controls, policies and procedures. Bolster applicable systems and controls to prevent and detect financial crime.
• Build and maintain an effective AML/CFT asset level risk assessment program for our real estate assets held by Hines co-mingled funds domiciled in Luxembourg.
• Support senior managers and persons in achieving compliance where they have particular regulatory financial crime accountability and responsibility.
• Advise other compliance team members on internal financial crime reporting to senior management and regulators.
• In partnership with the Compliance Director HLIM, manage internal and external AML audits, CSSF and AED AML questionnaires, reporting and similar.
• Provide expert advice, support and challenge to high-risk client activity, including attendance at client acceptance committees
• Ensure all colleagues are appropriately and adequately educated on financial crime.
• Supervise, coach and develop your direct reports.
• Be a collaborative member of the global compliance team.
• Represent the company in relevant industry or similar associations or groups as appropriate.

Qualifications: Minimum Requirements include:

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  Bachelor’s degree.
• Completion of recognized professional compliance qualification.
• Ten or more years compliance experience, of which the majority should be specific to financial crime and should include experience of the alternative investment management industry.
• Working knowledge of the Luxembourg Anti-Money Laundering regulations, Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive and associated regulations and circulars would be beneficial.
• Good communication and influencing skills to build relationships with individuals at all levels.
• Willingness to work collaboratively across functions, in a team environment.
• Meticulous attention to detail, strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines
• High level of initiative, the ability to act independently using sound judgment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Closing: Hines is a global real estate investment, development and property manager. The firm was founded by Gerald D. Hines in 1957 and now operates in 28 countries. We manage a $92.3B¹ portfolio of high-performing assets across residential, logistics, retail, office and mixed-use strategies. Our local teams serve 634 properties totaling over 225 million square feet globally. We are committed to a net zero carbon target by 2040 without buying offsets. To learn more about Hines, visit www.hines.com and follow @Hines on social media. ¹Includes both the global Hines organization as well as RIA AUM as of June 30, 2022.
We are an equal opportunity employer and support workforce diversity.
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