As a Sanctions Compliance Officer, you will provide subject matter expertise to key stakeholders with regards to on-going compliance with the Firm/Group Sanctions Policy. The role requires you to have independent responsibility and compliance knowledge in working with both international and domestic clients and products, in addition to large multi-national corporations. You will provide guidance and input to sanctions related matter, building strong partnerships with stakeholders, supporting first line of defense in ensuring compliance with sanctions policy, implementing and monitoring controls associated to the activity.

This position requires, proven investigatory abilities, prioritization skills, and a willingness to tackle new and difficult challenges. In addition, you must have banking system and investigative knowledge. You will be expected to interact with management, all lines of business, and the firm's Legal, Audit, and Risk departments. This position requires you to exercise sound judgment, and follow high quality standards when conducting investigations.

Job responsibilities

• Provides advice on sanctions requirements applicable to the firm and Sanctions Policy to the stakeholders, Performance and follow-up of sanctions compliance investigations, reviews and risk assessments taking into consideration relevant sanction regimes
• Preparation of communication with relevant Swiss authorities (e.g. SECO), including reporting
• Implements and monitors blocking and restrictive controls on client accounts, assets, and transactions as well as on securities.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of the law and regulations related to AML, Sanction regime applicable to the firm and maintain a detailed knowledge and understanding of the Global and Local sanctions control framework
• Reviews and analyzes underlying data gathered to assess reasonable cause in order to escalate a Negative Media, PEP or Sanction alerts as per escalation protocol, or to clear the alert
• Ensures Disposition and fully document all alerts, including supporting data, analysis and rationale for disposition, within the case management system in a timely manner
• Builds relationships with the business and relevant compliance teams, effectively communicating and transferring information related to the activity. Participate in individual and department goal development and execute on tactical strategies for goal attainment

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Proficient in written and spoken English
• Exceptional research and analytical skills. Independent decision maker, able to make time-sensitive assessments and to discuss complex regulatory issues with senior management
• Able to interface with business counterparts to obtain information related to their client's activity
• Experience working with internal groups including Legal, Audit, or Risk to ensure consistent understanding of requirements
• Proven ability to formulate and execute an investigation
• Proficient in MS Office (Outlook/Word/Excel/Access/PowerPoint

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Investigative experience with exposure within international regions and multinational corporations. Robust knowledge of regulatory requirement and expectations including, but not limited to, OBA/FINMA, CDB 20
• Excellent understanding of SECO, OFAC and other jurisdictional sanctions Laws and understanding of all lines of business and products
• Legal education would be highly considered.
• University's degree or equivalent experience required. French in addition to any other languages will be considered as an advantage