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GLOBAL COMPLIANCE
Our division prevents, detects and mitigates compliance, regulatory and reputational risk across the firm and helps to strengthen the firm’s culture of compliance. Compliance accomplishes these through the firm’s enterprise-wide compliance risk management program. As an independent control function and part of the firm’s second line of defense, Compliance assesses the firm’s compliance, regulatory and reputational risk; monitors for compliance with new or amended laws, rules and regulations; designs and implements controls, policies, procedures and training; conducts independent testing; investigates, surveils and monitors for compliance risks and breaches; and leads the firm’s responses to regulatory examinations, audits and inquiries. You'll be part of a team with members from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds, such as law, accounting, intelligence, sales, and trading. We look for those who possess sound judgment, curiosity, and are able to adapt to a changing regulatory landscape.
Job Summary & Responsibilities
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The Financial Crime Compliance Group in Switzerland is seeking an analyst, ideally with prior financial industry experience. The analyst will assist in the coverage of Goldman Sachs Bank AG (GSBZ) customer relationships to identify potential legal, financial crime or reputational risk. The analyst will work closely with compliance, legal, operations, technology and business personnel.
The ideal candidate would have strong analytical, communication and writing skills, the ability to collaborate with others, manage projects and processes, as well as prioritize and balance a heavy workload. In this role, the analyst would be expected to quickly gain an understanding of the firm’s businesses in conjunction with the rules and regulations under which the firm operates and make executive decisions on behalf of the group, applying a risk-based approach
Principal Responsibilities
- Conduct enhanced due diligence on high-risk customers to identify potential legal, regulatory or reputational risk
- Review, investigate and resolve transaction surveillance alerts
- Action sanctions screening and negative media surveillance alerts
- Assist on anti-money laundering related projects, including annual PEP reviews
- Prepare monthly AML metrics for senior-level reporting
- Assist in the development and enhancement of AML compliance systems, policies and procedures
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong academic record with Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required
- Experience of using data analytics tools and knowledge of structured query language
- Ability to work both independently and in team-oriented workflows
- Ability to manage expectations of key stakeholders
- Strong analytical and risk assessment skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritize work flows and ensure deadlines are met
- Ability to forge strong relationships with colleagues and clients
- Proactive, self-motivated, detail-oriented and well-organized
- Prior investment banking/private wealth management/financial services industry experience is favourable
- Prior compliance or legal-related experience and a technical understanding of applicable AML and Sanctions regulations is favourable
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