Compliance Officer

at  Swissquote Bank

Company Description
Building the bank of tomorrow takes more than skills.
It means combining our differences to imagine, discuss, code, develop, test, learn… and celebrate every step together. Share our vibes? Join Swissquote to unleash your potential.
We are the Swiss Leader in Online Banking and we provide trading, investing and banking services to +500’000 clients, through our performant and secured digital platforms.
Our +1000 employees work in a flexible way, without dress code and in multicultural teams.
By having a huge impact on the industry, they are growing their skills portfolio and boosting their career in a fast-pace environment.
We are all in at Swissquote. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to join our team and contribute to our shared success.
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Job Description
As a Compliance Officer, you will be part of the Compliance & Risk Department.

Job scope includes the following:

• Work closely with the Head of Compliance, Risk & MLRO, together with members of the local and global compliance team and other internal functions, to ensure that processes, system and controls are in place and reflect applicable Group and local regulatory requirements.
• Keep pace with regulatory changes, perform a gap analysis on new regulations and undertake an assessment of the relevant changes against current policies and procedures.
• Assist with regulatory audits and inspections.
• Undertake risk assessments and periodic reviews in accordance with the Compliance Monitoring Plan.
• Assist with monitoring the effectiveness of the systems, policies and procedures designed to manage compliance risk and proactively assist and make recommendations for improvements to systems, policies and procedure.
• Review of client account opening requests (private clients, companies, institutional clients, financial institutions, external asset managers, introducing brokers) from an AML/CTF standpoint (MAS, FATF, OFAC) including name screening, PEP review, background research etc.
• Undertake periodic and ad hoc name screening, review hits and clear alerts.
• Proactively identify gaps, highlight any potential concerns/risks, recommend remediation actions and share best practices to enhance existing policies and processes.
• Preparation of internal training material on compliance-related topics.
• Participation in ad hoc local/Group compliance and regulatory projects.
• Provide compliance advice and support to the Front line sales team and Management.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Company from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in a Compliance / Financial Crime function within the financial industry
• Excellent written and spoken command of English and local Asian languages
• Analytical, problem solving and methodological approach
• Ability to multi-task and execute tasks within a tight timeframe
• Strong team player who enjoys working in multicultural, dynamic, technological and international environment

Please refer the Job description for details