Compliance Officer - Banking

Compliance Officer - Banking

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Overview of contract

On behalf of our client, a leading financial institution in Zürich, we are looking for a Compliance Officer to ensure control activities are carried out within the Life and Pensions business of the Bank.

This is a 6 month contract, based in Zurich with the possibility of an extension

Main responsibilities

• Assuring adherence to due diligence standards at client onboarding, ongoing monitoring of existing relationships such as transaction monitoring and customer data reconciliation.
• Conducting investigations in case of incidents, including related reporting and (if required) filing the suspicious activity reports to the Financial Intelligence Unit
• Maintenance of the Internal Control System according to Solvency II and perform the yearly operation of the Internal Control System to assure its effectiveness and appropriateness towards Senior Management.
• Maintenance of a framework of policies and procedures in close collaboration with the business and the Compliance function of the Group
• Regular assessment of whether existing policies and directives are up-to date and reflect the effective operation / procedure
• Further development of the monitoring mechanism for selected legislations
• Advice on Compliance related topics and queries on the day-to-day business, respectively on ad-hoc requests; in close collaboration with Compliance colleagues and senior business management.

Your skills:

• 10 years' experience in working within Compliance of the financial services sector preferably in the life insurance industry or large financial institution
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in German and English
• Proficient IT skills (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
• Italian/French communication skills would also be beneficial
• Ability and willingness to work in ad-hoc organization and project teams, with an independent and goal-oriented approach
• Team player with ability to interact with peers across international locations and at differing seniority
• University degree or higher education preferably gained in an area related to Business Administration or Law

If you are interested in this opportunity, we look forward to receiving your CV or if you have any questions, contact Jane Leese on +41 44 229 99 49

If you are interested in other opportunities that Experis are recruiting, please click on the link https://www.experis.ch/experis-zurich.

We can only consider Swiss nationals or professionals possessing a valid EU passport for this engagement.