Compliance Specialist - Transaction Monitoring

A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing.

An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents.

With a history spanning over 225 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody.

We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.

Rethink Everything is our philosophy it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.

YOUR ROLE :

As a member of the AML Monitoring team, your primary focus will be on :

• Transaction monitoring alerts treatment and investigation (Tool : Fiserv). Time spent on each alert depends on the type of scenario and complexity of the relationships but expected to be approx. 70% of activity;
• Payments screening (Tool : Fircosoft), in collaboration with Sanctions unit, approx. 10% of activity.

The other 20% of this role relates to support of ad-tasks and investigations, which are often urgent and business-critical. This includes :

• Qualitative analysis on AML specific issues;
• Additional ad hoc controls (ex. cash operations);
• Involvement in the account closure process;
• Assisting the Payment Processing Team with queries and advice;

YOUR PROFILE :

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Banking, Finance or Law, or evidence of comparable academic / work achievement;
• 3 to 5 years of experience in the financial services industry, ideally in an AML monitoring role within Private Banking in Switzerland;
• Good understanding of the Swiss regulatory environment;
• Knowledge in the field of taxation would be desirable, in particular with regard to tax offences monitoring;
• Ability to summarize complex topics, to drive practical outcomes and to make sound decisions or proposals, including escalation when appropriate, as well as the ability to work well under pressure and against short deadlines;
• Strong interpersonal, communication, leadership, resilience, presentation and influencing skills. In particular, a proven ability to foster productive relationships with front office staff and senior management;
• Fluent in English and French; and additional language would be a plus;
• Resident in Switzerland.

Our Maison’s DNA is defined by five core values. Excellence drives us to be the best at what we do, while Innovation fuels our progress.

Respect underpins every interaction, and Integrity shapes our actions. Together, we are One Team , united in serving our clients with unwavering dedication.

As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote a diverse and inclusive work environment for our employees and candidates.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are woven into the fabric of our Maison’s DNA, and we strive to ensure that our employees can fulfill both their personal and professional aspirations by encouraging internal mobility and individual upskilling programs.

We firmly believe that building Diverse Teams contributes to our successes and to deliver on this, we actively embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our business strategy.

It is an exciting time to join our Teams. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence.