We are recruiting an experienced Compliance Officer for a newly created role aiming to structure and lead the firm's compliance function.

You’ll play a key part in securing high-level international transactions alongside a team of English-speaking legal experts and a demanding, diversified global clientele.

Your Responsibilities

Supporting a team of in-house legal counsels and servicing a variety of clients (international groups, HNW families, corporate structures, fiduciary entities), your tasks include:

• Ensuring regulatory compliance: AML/CFT (KYC checks), GDPR, local and cross-border obligations
• Updating and improving internal procedures: risk mapping, controls, compliance framework
• Acting as the internal compliance reference point, in close collaboration with legal advisors
• Drafting reports and compliance memos for partners and regulatory authorities
• Assisting with internal audits, inspections, and reviews
• Leading internal compliance training and awareness sessions
• Performing client onboarding verifications (due diligence)
• Monitoring regulatory changes, especially in the Monaco jurisdiction
• Managing alerts (e.g. suspicious activity reports) and overseeing transaction monitoring
• Driving continuous improvement and automation of compliance processes with the Office Manager

Languages : you will be working in both French and English, and must be fully proficient in spoken and written communication in both languages.

Your Profile

• Master’s degree (Law, Tax, Compliance)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a compliance role: legal firm, fiduciary, family office, private bank, or international advisory firm
• Experience in Monaco or familiarity with offshore structures/trusts is a strong asset

Technical Skills

• Strong command of AML/KYC regulations, GDPR, cross-border compliance
• Good understanding of corporate law and professional service provider obligations
• Excellent writing skills, analytical mindset, attention to detail
• Familiarity with Trust & Corporate Services regulations
• Proficiency with compliance tools (Finext, World Check, etc.)

Soft Skills

• Emotional intelligence, diplomacy, assertiveness
• Able to present compliance as an operational safeguard rather than a constraint
• Structured thinker, calm under pressure, pragmatic
• Discreet, humble, continuous learner
• Fully fluent in French and English (written and oral)

Why Groom Hill?

• Join a human-sized, high-caliber legal advisory firm
• Work on confidential, complex, high-level missions
• Play a key role in shaping the compliance function
• Evolve in a stimulating international environment focused on excellence and professionalism

Compensation & Conditions

• Attractive compensation based on experience
• Permanent contract (CDI)
• Full-time position (4-day option possible)
• Modern, welcoming offices in central Monaco
• Executive status

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