Senior Compliance Officer — KYC/AML & Reporting Operations

Senior Compliance Officer — KYC/AML & Reporting OperationsLocation: Luxembourg (must be based in Luxembourg or hold frontalier status, for regulatory reasons)Type: Full-time, Partially RemoteReporting to: COOStart date: As soon as possible (negotiable)About KAPITALKAPITAL is building the financial infrastructure that enables independent wealth managers and asset managers to structure, issue, and scale their private market investments.Our core offer sits in Luxembourg and supports the issuance of ISIN bankable feeder funds, co-investment structures, and private asset investment vehicles. We work with clients across Switzerland, Europe, and the U.S. - helping them turn their investment strategies into fully bankable investment products.At the core of the company is client obsession. Our clients are the investment advisors of UHNWIs and institutional-grade wealth managers. The client relationship shapes everything we do - from our tech and legal stack to our processes and communications.KAPITAL is growing fast with revenue up 70% year-over-year in the first half of this year, and we've been expanding the team across Luxembourg and Switzerland to match. Joining now means joining at the inflection point, with real ownership from day one.The BriefThis is an operational excellence role - the first line of defense at the heart of KAPITAL's compliance function.Every client we onboard, every investor we admit, and every asset we subscribe to passes through your hands. Our business moves fast, our volumes are growing quarter over quarter, and the quality bar our clients expect is absolute. Your job is to execute the KYC/AML and deal-documentation lifecycle flawlessly, quickly, and repeatedly.You will inherit established frameworks, flows, and processes - this is not a build-from-scratch role. Your mandate is to run them excellently, and to sharpen them as you go: your suggestions on process, tooling, and automation are genuinely welcome and will reach both the operations and engineering teams. But execution comes first, and it is how success in this role is measured.What You'll Own1. KYC/AML OnboardingRun end-to-end due diligence on new clients, their investors, Ultimate Beneficial Owners, and the underlying assets of each structure.Collect, verify, and analyse KYC documentation in line with our internal AML/CFT framework and Luxembourg law.Conduct screening (PEP, sanctions, adverse media), assess risk profiles, trigger enhanced due diligence where warranted, and escalate findings clearly.2. KYC/AML MonitoringMaintain ongoing monitoring across our growing base of clients, investors, advisors, and assets: periodic file reviews, refreshed screening, and up-to-date records in the compliance database.Keep compliance registers and logs audit-ready at all times.Flag risks early and escalate with clear, jargon-free communication.3. Subscription DocumentsComplete the subscription documentation for the underlying assets our vehicles invest in - long, detailed deal documents where a single wrong field has real consequences.Populate vehicle details, status, subscription amounts, and supporting information with total accuracy, often under deal-driven deadlines.4. Counterparty KYC of KAPITAL VehiclesComplete the KYC of our issuer vehicles with the underlying assets and counterparties we subscribe to - a demanding, detail-heavy process you'll come to run in your sleep.And, as part of a lean team:Support periodic regulatory and compliance reporting.Pick up, scan, and route incoming mail to the right team member and archive. Everyone here contributes to keeping operations running smoothly.What This Role Is NotThis is not a policy, strategy, or board-advisory role. We are not hiring someone to redesign our compliance framework - we're hiring someone to execute it at the highest standard in the market.That said, we promote from within and build careers deliberately. As you master the first line, there is a genuine path to grow into second-line work - policy, monitoring plans, regulatory strategy - earned through demonstrated operational excellence.Your First 90 DaysGain a deep understanding of our investment vehicle, structure, policies, way of working.Master our existing onboarding, monitoring, and subscription workflows end-to-end.Take full ownership of the live onboarding and monitoring pipeline.Complete multiple subscription document cycles error-free, on deadline.Surface your first round of concrete process improvements based on what you've seen.Traits We're Looking ForOperational Excellence - you hold yourself to an exceptionally high bar; your end deliverable is of the highest quality, every time.Speed - you understand our business moves fast and can work at pace without sacrificing quality or professionalism.Calm under pressure - you thrive when factors change mid-flight, and your quality holds.5-star professionalism - our clients include UHNWIs and their investment advisors; you deliver to that standard in every interaction.Diligence - you embody integrity and uphold the highest compliance standards without compromise.Commercially and operationally flexible - you balance diligence with pragmatism; you see compliance as an enabler, not a blocker.High ownership - you do without being asked, own outcomes good and bad, and want to be at this company, in this role.RequirementsDemonstrated hands-on experience in KYC/AML, due diligence, or compliance operations in the Luxembourg financial sector - ideally within securitisation, private equity, private debt, fund administration, or alternative investments.Proven, practical knowledge of Luxembourg AML/CFT regulations (Law of 12 November 2004, as amended) and relevant EU directives.Direct experience performing CDD/EDD on complex structures, including UBO identification.Experience completing subscription documents or similar transaction documentation is a strong plus.Comfortable and fast with modern tools - spreadsheets, screening databases (e.g. World-Check), and internal platforms. You embrace new software rather than work around it.Fluency in English; additional European languages such as German or French are an advantage.Based in Luxembourg or frontalier status.We also welcome candidates from adjacent backgrounds - fund administrators, auditors, paralegals, compliance consultants - provided they bring solid grounding in Luxembourg AML/CFT and genuine appetite for high-volume operational work.