Senior Compliance Officer

An international bank based in Geneva is looking for a highly professional and motivated individual as

• Customer due diligence, account openings, integration of new acquisitions, dormant accounts.
• Draft and review of standard and non-standard client documentation or on-off transactions/client requests.
• Various compliance tasks according to a dedicated monitoring programme (transactions monitoring, payment filter).
• Maintaining of internal directives with regard to due diligence and AML.
• Participate in investigations and regulatory reports when suspicious activity is detected.
• Client complaints.
• Securities operations (Asset Management Guidelines etc.), new product approval and distribution (term sheet, qualified investor confirmation etc.).
• Reviews of PEPs and high risk clients.
• Review and acceptance of business introducers and Independent Asset Managers.
• Review of dormant accounts.
• Support client relationship managers in compliance related matters.
• Support management in compliance related matters.
• Special investigations for management.
• Keeping staff up-to-date and ensuring adequate compliance training for all staff in Geneva.
• EU tax and QI knowledge.
• Experienced in project work.

Profile:

• Practical experience of approx. 5 years as Legal/Compliance Officer in an international environment.
• Solid legal background and experience in a private banking environment is essential.
• Able to build strong relationship with management and business heads.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Able to operate in a complex organization.
• Fluent in French and English; knowledge of German is an advantage.
• Knowledge of applicable federal banking laws and regulations with bank services, policies and procedures is a must.
• Knowledge of rules and regulations regarding the international payment transfer (clearing process).
• Trusted, respected and recognized as having high integrity.
• Dynamic, flexible and pro-active with a hands-on "can-do" attitude.