Compliance Advisor – Financial Markets - Freelance

Daily rate: 600/665€ per day

Type: Interim consultancy | Start: ASAP | Duration: Several weeks to a few months | Location: Belgium (on-site / hybrid TBD)

Context

A leading European financial group is reinforcing its Financial Markets Compliance team on an interim basis to ensure continuity of advisory activities during an internal recruitment phase. The mission sits within a Group Compliance unit responsible for investor and policyholder protection and the prevention of market abuse.

Your Mission

Provide hands-on, pragmatic compliance advisory support to a seasoned Financial Markets Compliance team — ensuring regulatory obligations are met with consistency and quality throughout the engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver compliance advice on financial markets regulation across ongoing/new projects, ad-hoc regulatory questions, and product approval & governance processes

• Interpret European and national regulations and translate them into clear, actionable internal guidance

• Analyse the impact of regulatory changes on financial markets activities

• Engage with business stakeholders to support proportionate, practical implementation of requirements

• Consistently safeguard customer interests in line with conduct-of-business and market integrity standards

Required Profile

• Master's degree in Law or Economics (preferred)

• Proven experience in financial markets compliance advisory, within a financial institution or professional services firm

• Strong knowledge of: MiFID, MAR, MiCAR, ECSPR, Benchmark Regulation

• Solid understanding of investor protection, financial markets, and financial instruments

• Able to deliver clear, well-reasoned advice in complex regulatory environments

• Excellent English (written and spoken) — mandatory

• Short-notice availability preferred