Senior Compliance Advisory Officer (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 DLT foundations 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.
In Switzerland, Sygnum holds a banking licence and has CMS and Major Payment Institution Licences in Singapore. The group is also regulated in the established global financial hubs of Abu Dhabi and Luxembourg.
We believe that the 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 are 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 maintaining the highest level of integrity and fairness 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 is here 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. Diversity plays a central role in keeping our work culture open, our teams productive and energised, and our 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.

• Ensure compliance with laws and regulations related to financial services and banking activities, including regional requirements as applicable on a cross-border basis (e.g. FinSA, FMIA, FATCA, AMLA, CDB20, SBA Directives, FINMA Circulars, etc.). Monitoring of regulatory developments in relevant jurisdictions and evaluating their implications; implementing regulatory changes within Sygnum Group.
• Serve as a Compliance Generalist within Compliance Advisory; hands-on support to different Functions (Marketing, Product Innovation, People & Talent, Research, etc.) in various areas such as cross-border and regulatory compliance, new product approvals, marketing materials, market conduct, besides business-as-usual activities.
• Advise and support stakeholders in conduct, ethics, and other compliance matters. Improve the risk management framework of the Bank by the enhancement and implementation of controls as well as corresponding policies, directives and guidelines.
• Lead projects regarding strategic developments from start to finish, including design, testing, rollout and implementation of processes and controls. Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency and effectiveness with regard to the Bank’s activities.
• Continuously monitor and assess evolving risks, identifying and assessing perceived weaknesses, and implementing adequate risk mitigation measures.
• Monitor, control, and test the first and second line of defense framework and activities. Drive risk assessment efforts, including those associated with market conduct, cross-border activities, and more.
• Provide training to all employees on laws and regulations as well as industry practices and ensure corresponding know-how transfer.
• Reporting and digitalization efforts within the compliance team, for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Support regulatory examinations/inspections and collaborate with internal and external audit functions.