Purchase of services of one legal expert in combating money laundering and terrorist financing

The Ministry of Finance’s Financial Services Directorate invites expressions of interest to purchase the services of one legal expert on combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing (AML/CFT/PF). The engagement is full-time for 29 months, with no renewal right. The cost is set at €50,000 per year, plus VAT, including work-related expenses; official travel is covered from a separate Ministry budget.

Duties include legal advice, support for alignment with the new European framework, coordination support for the National Risk Assessment and support for the Council of Europe MONEYVAL evaluation. They also include legislative and other work to strengthen and implement the framework and support Cyprus’s compliance with European and international obligations; participation as a Ministry technical expert in working groups, committees and meetings when required; monitoring the relevant European and international framework; and other related duties assigned by the Directorate.

Applicants must be Cypriot or European Union citizens and have a law degree from a recognised university, at least 7 years’ relevant work experience as a lawyer or legal adviser, and a licence to practise law. They must also have professional experience in AML/CFT, regulatory compliance, financial crime or supervision, risk management or a related field, or experience preparing legislative/regulatory texts, technical reports or analyses and aligning with the EU acquis; good knowledge of relevant Cypriot, European and international legislation; excellent communication and organisational skills; very good Greek and English; integrity, organisational and administrative skills, initiative, responsibility, analytical thinking and sound judgement; and the ability to work and produce texts under tight deadlines. A clean criminal record certificate is required; if not immediately available, it may be submitted at interview. Language knowledge must be evidenced by accepted proof or examinations by the application deadline; the list of accepted evidence is on the Public Service Commission website, www.psc.gov.cy. For candidates whose mother tongue is not Greek, who do not have a Greek secondary-school leaving certificate, and who, under Article 2.3 of the Constitution, chose to belong to the Greek community, only good knowledge of Greek is required, provided they have excellent English.