Regulatory Change & Compliance Consultant

Are you a pragmatic legal professional keeping track of the financial supervisory legislation ?

Can you translate the current legislation into understandable language ?

Are you passionate about current and future Belgian and European legislation and their implications for the financial sector ?

Do you have a Law degree ?

Are you (native) fluent in Dutch and English ?

Then you are the Regulatory Change & Compliance Consultant that we need, making these rules understandable for various financial institutions via our Ruler tooling.

Welcome to Projective Group, a leading financial services consulting firm where innovation and technology meet business. Our focused on the financial sector enables us to develop comprehensive solutions within the Data, Risk & Compliance, Pensions & Insurance, Payments, Transformation and Talent practices.

At Projective Group we have a fast-growing and challenging portfolio of assignments as external compliance experts within the financial sector. We help them understand how and where the upcoming regulations have impact within their organization and help with remediations of gaps within existing regulatory guidelines.

We are looking for a Regulatory Change & Compliance Consultant to join our team as we continue to grow in Belgium, but also within Europe.

What is Ruler ?

Ruler is a software application developed by Projective Group's Risk & Compliance consultants. It makes visible which current and future legislation a financial institution must comply with. In addition, the financial institution can use Ruler to determine its compliance with the relevant laws and regulations that apply to it.

You can find out more via Ruler compliance software | Altijd in control

What will you do ?

As a Regulatory Change & Compliance Consultant within Projective Group, you will be engaged in the following work:

• Keeping track of international and national financial supervisory legislation and translating it to the various profiles, topics and issues within Ruler.
• Drafting news releases (alerts) that are sent to our clients on a daily basis.
• Processing new regulations the moment they come into force, as well as keeping track of emerging laws and regulations and communicating about them to our clients and internally within Projective Group.
• Performing quality assurance on the existing profiles. You will map the current legislation for each profile and, based on this, assess whether improvements can be made to improve the user experience.
• Making the backend of Ruler EU-proof so that Ruler can be rolled out in other EU countries.

You may also collaborate on the preparation of Regulatory Updates that are prepared for clients on a quarterly basis. And you will also have the opportunity to take on other legal work, such as writing qualification memos and news items.

You will be part of the editorial team and be its driving and steady force. You will be supported by the editorial team. The editorial team consists of about 10 Legal & Regulatory consultants who, in addition to their other duties, contribute daily to processing news items and keeping the Ruler tooling up to date.

As you grow into your role, you will assist our clients with the implementation of the new regulations. Advising them on what they need and how to ensure their compliancy. You will be evaluating and assessing the implementation of requirements from a content perspective. For complex interpretation discussion on regulations, you can rely on the support of Regulatory Experts in other teams.

Sound good ? These are the skills you will need in order to be successful :

• It is important that you have a good ability to get to the essence of a legal requirement in few words that can be understood by non-lawyers;
• a degree in Law;
• +5 years experience as a corporate lawyer, preferably in the financial sector;
• Knowledge of and experience with various financial supervisory legislation such as Wft, AML, AVG, EMIR, MCD, MiFID II, PSD II;
• Pragmatic;
• Passionate about sharing legal knowledge and able to translate this into understandable texts;
• (native) Fluent in Dutch
• Fluent in English 
• Knowledge of French is a plus

OK, I'm interested, what can I expect ?

• You’ll serve multiple clients simultaneously within a permanent employment contract;
• No micro management, no office politics, a clean flat structure;
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career in the direction you see fit;
• We are a growing team in a fast-growing environment. This position not only offers the possibility to work on exciting client projects, it is also an opportunity to help shape and impact our internal team and processes;
• A substantial annual training budget;
• Opportunities to develop new skills and advance your career;
• A healthy work-life balance, with a hybrid mix of working in the office and working from home. We pride ourselves on creating a working environment that encourages fun and creativity;
• Easy to commute to the office (very close to the Brussels’ ring and the Diegem train station);
• A good salary with a variable component and a company bonus;
• Good benefits; pension, bonus, and social events.

I'm convinced, so what happens next ?

Hit the Apply button, share your profile or give me a call; we'd love to give you more information. There is so much I can tell you that doesn't fit in an ad; this is truly a unique company and culture.

For more information about Projective Group, visit https://www.projectivegroup.com or contact Stephanie Callens (corporate recruiter) at stephanie.callens@projectivegroup.com