Senior Compliance Officer (m/f/d)

As Senior Compliance Officer (m/f/d) at PIMCO Prime Real Estate GmbH (“Prime”) you will support Prime’s Global Chief Compliance Officer in relation to the coordination and execution of global compliance activities. Your will be responsible for global compliance matters in relation to Prime’s real estate advisory, investment and management activities, with a particular focus on Marketing, Material Non-Public Information and Policy Governance.

 

The primary responsibilities include:

               

• Take full responsibility for the above topics and be point of contact for other Prime Compliance Officers.
• Proactively contribute to the continued improvement of Prime’s compliance policies, procedures and processes, in line with the changing legal and regulatory environment.
• Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments globally. Assess applicability, propose and project manage solutions through to implementation.
• Develop and implement compliance internal procedures, templates and best practices and provide guidance and support to other members of the global compliance team.
• Design and implement the necessary risk assessments as well as ongoing testing and monitoring.
• Perform compliance activities, in accordance with Prime’s global compliance policies; conduct related investigations and implement remedial measures.
• Provide advice and guidance to the business.
• Design and deliver compliance training to Prime’s employees.
• Represent compliance in executive boards and committees. Design and ensure ongoing reporting to all relevant stakeholders and management bodies.
• Maintain and promote communication and strong working relationships with key stakeholders within Prime and within the global PIMCO group.
• Manage regulatory audits, coordinate remediation activities.
• Promote a strong compliance culture.
• Support the  Prime Global Chief Compliance Officer in relation to the coordination and execution of global compliance activities, with a specific jurisdictional focus on Germany.

 

Key Requirements

 

• University degree, preferably a law degree.
• Minimum of 7 years working experience in compliance, in a multinational company in the investment/asset management industry or top tier law firm, preferably with a real estate investment background.
• A very good commercial understanding of investment and/or real estate business.
• Experience in a global coordination role, with responsibility for monitoring of legal and regulatory changes, and for development and implementation of new policies and processes.
• Strong communication skills in English and German; Any additional language is an asset.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills.
• The willingness to “roll up your sleeves”.
• The ability to respond to frequent shifts in priorities as business needs dictate.
• The willingness to take full ownership and responsibility for compliance topics, and to have own ideas and initiatives challenged by others.
• A strong sense of integrity in line with Prime’s ethical values and principles.
• The ability to balance regulatory and policy standards along with a business perspective.
• Exceptional organizational skills: the ability to effectively prioritize tasks, follow up, produce consistently accurate work, and meet strict deadlines.
• Consensus builder and team player with the ability to work well within a matrix organization.

 

Benefits

 

• Onboarding: A mentor, a buddy program and a global welcome event will help you getting started.
• Learning: A large portfolio of continuous learning opportunities will help you staying relevant in your current role and growing into future workplace demands.
• Working place: An open and international working environment with a diverse and inclusive culture will inspire your everyday work. A working model which balances remote and office based work will give you the flexibility to organize the way you work.
• Benefits: A company pension scheme, well-being initiatives, sports offers and other local benefits will allow you achieving a positive work life balance.

 

Please submit your application in English.

 

 

A leading global real estate investor and manager, PIMCO Prime Real Estate is a PIMCO company and part of the PIMCO real estate platform, focusing on the Core and Core+ segments of the market and managing the Allianz Group’s $85B real estate mandate. We manage a global investment portfolio c. $90B AUM, with an international te