Compliance Officer - Sanctions

Are you eager to take up a new challenge? Join the Compliance Department as a Compliance Officer in the Compliance Support and Sanctions service. You will have multiple tasks and, in addition to sanction topics, you will be exposed to a wide range of Compliance activities related to financial security.

• Perform sanctions due diligence on clients and related parties during onboarding phases as well as periodic or ad hoc review phases.
• Perform analysis on true sanctions hits escalated by Compliance Monitoring as part of sanction screening on the client base and transactional activity.
• Assess potential exposure to sectoral sanctions, export controls, dual-use goods, and sanctioned industries.
• Provide recommendations regarding acceptance, rejection, or escalation of client relationships.
• Support and advise other compliance officers on sanction-related topics.
• Monitor regulatory sanction news impacting the bank and analyze the impact on the client base, including new sanctions packages.
• Draft and maintain sanctions policies and procedures.
• Participate in the calibration and optimization of sanctions screening systems.
• Contribute to the bank’s monitoring of risk tolerance, risk analysis, and key risk indicators.
• Support ad hoc reporting requests, including special requests, audits, and regulatory reviews.
• Provide targeted training on sanctions.
• Draft internal memos and presentations.
• Support and advise management.

• Expert in Financial Sanction.
• Good knowledge in Swiss banking and financial laws.
• Analytical and methodological approach.
• Very good writing and communication skills in French and English (other languages is a plus).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Excellent command of Powerpoint.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage high workloads.
• Strong team player who enjoys working in multicultural, dynamic, technological, and international environment.
• Bachelor or Master Degree in Laws or Economics with appetite for data crunching and analysis.
• 3 to 5+ years of experience in the financial industry.

Swissquote is a bank that emphasizes compliance and financial security, and does not request sensitive personal information or payment during the recruitment process.