Description

At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence.

We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

The opportunity

Our Legal & Financial Services, Regulatory & Compliance Practice is active nationally and internationally in all relevant areas of commercial law. We focus on the financial services industry and support our clients in the whole variety of legal and regulatory issues. Interesting topics are waiting for you from day one.
Embark on your next journey and join our unique Legal & Financial Services practice in Geneva or Zurich to help our client solve exciting problems on a daily basis! This opportunity is for a fixed-term contract of 6 to 12 months, with the possibility of extension.

Your key responsibilities

• Exciting project work at the interface between business, law and technology
• Processing of complex legal and compliance issues for national and international customers in the field of financial services
• Interdisciplinary cooperation in a dynamic and varied work environment at the pulse of our customers
• Direct interaction with clients

Skills and attributes for success

• A master's degree in law or similar qualification related to Financial Crime Compliance; admission to the bar and/or further education such as dissertation/LL.M. is a plus
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience as AML Compliance Officer in a Swiss private bank or similar role in the field of Financial Crime investigations, combating money laundering and terrorist financing, sanctions, fraud, anti-bribery, corruption
• Experience working within a regulatory, investigative, or financial intelligence agency, or as a senior compliance manager within a global firm, in the financial services industry
• Proven experience in a SAR drafting and progress reports for Senior Management
• Strong understanding of financial crime typologies and emerging themes
• An excellent understanding of the current regulatory environment and expectations, relevant regulations and codes
• A solid interest in specializing in the financial market coupled with a passion, determination, and willingness to support our clients with excellent services as their trusted partner
• Success factors that will accelerate your career: Ability to work in a team, entrepreneurial mindset, enjoyment of challenging issues and interdisciplinary project work, high quality standards as well as affinity for new technologies and regulatory transformation
• An excellent level of and English and French; Arabic, Greek or Hebrew language is considered as a plus