Compliance Officer Client & Transaction Monitoring (100%)

Tasks

In this challenging position, you will be primarily responsible for performing plausibility checks on high-risk transactions, while ensuring that onboarding, periodic reviews, and all other daily compliance tasks are completed in a timely manner and to a high standard. You will:

• Support transaction monitoring activities with a focus on crypto/DLT nexus business
• conduct further clarifications and investigations of suspicious payments and patterns
• Perform detailed background checks on customer profiles, including further clarifications with the front/first line.
• Identify contractual partners and verify the determination of beneficial owners
• Perform independent risk classification of customer relationships and periodic review obligations
• Be responsible for the timely and high-quality completion of onboarding, periodic reviews, and changes in circumstances.
• Conduct comprehensive due diligence checks on new and existing customers, including verification of licenses, regulatory status, business models, and planned transactions.
• Perform transaction analyses and customer activity checks to evaluate transaction behavior
• Analyze formal tax compliance matters (FATCA, DAC6, QI, CRS)
• Review submitted lists of beneficial owners and evaluate PEP/SAN and adverse media lists
• Process ad hoc requests from the front line/first line
• Fill out counterparty questionnaires
• Conduct internal training for employees in the above-mentioned areas.
• Act as the point of contact for the Business Support Center regarding customer monitoring issues
• Handle standard compliance cases independently and refer more complex cases to senior compliance officers when necessary.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• a university degree in business administration, economics, or law
• At least 3 years of professional experience in compliance or customer onboarding, periodic reviews, and transaction analysis within the financial industry, including changes in circumstances.
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial products and markets, as well as in-depth knowledge and practical experience in the holistic assessment of complex client structures.
• Responsibility for results that are completed on time and to a high standard
• fluent English (written and spoken)

Further advantages

The following skills may be advantageous:

• an additional qualification in compliance
• Interest in B2B business with international financial intermediaries
• Knowledge of Swiss AML regulations (KOBRA2, AMLO) and other relevant regulations
• Knowledge of international sanctions regimes (EU, OFAC, UN)
• Knowledge of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and the FinTech industry
• knowledge of German

Personal characteristics