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Senior Compliance Officer

• Contribute to a positive and engaging compliance spirit and risk awareness within the company. • Ensure adherence to Bank’s regulatory duties, appropriately and pro-actively identifying, evaluating, investigating and resolving compliance & risk issues/concerns. • Identify, understand and interpret Swiss/international financial regulation and FINMA Circulars as well as guidance issued by the banking industry. •…

City: Geneva

Contract type: Permanent Contract

Requirements

• Degree level – Preferably in Law, Banking or Business Administration • CAS in compliance (a great asset) • Excellent knowledge of Swiss banking regulations (AML, CDB, FinSA; FinIA) • Strong practical experience in Compliance, Banking, Audit or other Regulatory or Risk Functions (5-10 years) covering business lines as Wealth Management, Asset Management, Treasury • Analytical, well-informed and creative approach to problem-solving • Ability to work independently and to the highest level of accuracy and accountability • Computer and IT systems literate (Avaloq +) • Ability to work under stress and time pressure • Self-assertion, good communication skills and interaction with the Front Office • Fluent in French and English (both written and spoken), Arabic is a plus • Living in Switzerland (mandatory)

Job purpose

Current operational tasks • Relations and transactions filtering • Review of account opening (KYC) and related documents (individuals, corporate and financial intermediaries accounts) • Controlling, clarifying, and assessing higher-risk transactions, as well as those related to sanctions • Handle AML investigations, including preparation of suspicious activity reports for the MROS, follow-up with authorities • Accounts blocking maintenance • Review and acceptance of ad-hoc re-documentation (e.g. FATCA, QI, CRS forms, CDB forms) Review • Monitoring of accounts to ensure adherence to art. 305bis of the SPC • Periodical reviews of PEP, higher risks and low risks relationships Various • Investigations and follow-up with relevant authorities • Responding to third party banks/custodians on specific transactions