Front Risk Manager (80-100%)

at  Sygnum

ABOUT SYGNUM

Sygnum is a global digital asset banking group, founded on Swiss and Singapore heritage. We empower professional and institutional investors, banks, corporates and distributed ledger technology (DLT) companies to invest in digital assets with complete trust. Our team enables this through our institutional-grade security, expert personal service and portfolio of regulated digital asset banking, asset management, tokenisation and B2B services.
Sygnum holds a banking licence in Switzerland and has Capital Markets Services and Major Payment Institution Licences in Singapore. The group is also regulated in the established global financial hubs of Abu Dhabi, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg.
We believe that future has heritage. Our crypto-native team of banking, investment and digital asset technology professionals are building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies that we call Future Finance. To learn more about how Sygnum’s mission and values are shaping this digital asset ecosystem, please visit sygnum.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

OUR VALUES

A key pillar of our success is the Sygnum values that define and unite us a team. We proudly call them our SYGN values:

• S stands for the importance we hold in Seeking and seizing opportunities, and the way we take personal ownership for delivering results for our clients;
• Y represents the way we say Yes to integrity and humility in everything we do. Sygnumers always display confidence without attitude;
• G reminds us to always Grow and win together. We only succeed by supporting each other and challenging ourselves, and our team-mates, to reach for new heights;
• N stands for Nose for value because we are always looking to focus on what matters most to our clients, partners and team.

Sygnum has one of the most diverse teams in the industry. We believe in an open work culture, productive and energised teams, and are proud to build solutions at the forefront of the industry. In the spirit of our SYGN value to “grow and win together” we fully embrace an equal opportunity mindset in the way we onboard, develop and promote our team members.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

We are looking for a dynamic and driven person with the following qualifications:

• A University degree in Banking, Compliance, Law, Risk Management or Business Administration
• At least 3-5 years of professional experience in Front Risk Management, Business Support, Compliance, Legal or Audit, preferably with some digital asset knowledge
• Ability to work independently and accurately with a problem solving mindset
• Willingness to take responsibility and ownership of projects
• Strong interpersonal skills, team player and high level of flexibility and adaptability to changes.
• Excellent communication skills across different stakeholder groups
• Proficient in English

Sygnum is hiring a Front Risk Manager to support us in providing regulated digital asset banking to our growing customer base.

The responsibilities include:

• Perform 1LoD controls according to the applicable control plan in particular in the areas of cross border, AML/KYC and manage related follow-up measures.
• Support the setup, operation and maintenance of an effective and efficient front business risk management framework. Contribute to designing and formalizing relevant front controls
• Participate in and/or lead projects and initiatives aiming at the improvement of front office processes and/or compliance processes
• Act as advisor for the front office in complex regulatory matters
• Prepare and roll out front training, education and communication measures from a risk management and compliance perspective
• Act as a coordinator between the front and the second line of defense function