As a Sanctions Compliance Officer, you will provide subject matter expertise to key stakeholders with regards to on-going compliance with the Firm/Group Sanctions Policy. \\xef\\xbb\\xbfThe successful candidate has strong independent responsibility and demonstrates compliance knowledge in working with both international and domestic clients and products, in addition to large multi-national corporations. You will provide guidance and input to sanctions related matter, building strong partnerships with stakeholders, supporting first line of defense in ensuring compliance with sanctions policy, implementing and monitoring controls associated to the activity.
This position requires, proven investigatory abilities, prioritization skills, and a willingness to tackle new and difficult challenges. In addition, you must have banking system and investigative knowledge. You\\\'ll be expected to interact with management, all lines of business, and the firm\\\'s Legal, Audit, and Risk departments. This position requires you to exercise sound judgment, and follow high quality standards when conducting investigations.
Job responsibilities
Provide advice on sanctions requirements applicable to the firm and Sanctions Policy to the stakeholders, Performance and follow-up of sanctions compliance investigations, reviews and risk assessments taking into consideration relevant sanction regimes
Preparation of communication with relevant Swiss authorities (e.g. SECO), including reporting
Implementation and monitoring of blocking and restrictive controls on client accounts, assets, and transactions as well as on securities.
Maintains up-to-date knowledge of the law and regulations related to AML, Sanction regime applicable to the firm and maintain a detailed knowledge and understanding of the Global and Local sanctions control framework
Review and analyze underlying data gathered to assess reasonable cause in order to escalate a Negative Media, PEP or Sanction alerts as per escalation protocol, or to clear the alert
Ensure Disposition and fully document all alerts, including supporting data, analysis and rationale for disposition, within the case management system in a timely manner
Build relationships with the business and relevant compliance teams, effectively communicating and transferring information related to the activity. Participate in individual and department goal development and execute on tactical strategies for goal attainment
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills. Proficient in written and spoken English
Exceptional research and analytical skills. Independent decision maker, able to make time-sensitive assessments and to discuss complex regulatory issues with senior management
Able to interface with business counterparts to obtain information related to their client\\\'s activity
Experience working with internal groups including Legal, Audit, or Risk to ensure consistent understanding of requirements
Proven ability to formulate and execute an investigation
Experience working with internal groups including Legal, Audit, or Risk to ensure consistent understanding of requirements
Proficient in MS Office (Outlook/Word/Excel/Access/PowerPoint
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Investigative experience with exposure within international regions and multinational corporations. Robust knowledge of regulatory requirement and expectations including, but not limited to, OBA/FINMA, CDB 20
Excellent understanding of SECO, OFAC and other jurisdictional sanctions Laws and understanding of all lines of business and products
Legal education would be highly considered.
University\\\'s degree or equivalent experience required. French in addition to any other languages will be considered as an advantage
About Us: J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world\\\'s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants\\\' and employees\\\' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.
About the Team:
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we\\\'re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.
Our Compliance teams work globally across all lines of business to advise internal stakeholders on the impact of regulatory requirements and how to balance these with the firm\\\'s needs. Their diverse mandate means they also provide input on new business strategies, product lines, policies, training, operational processes, risk mitigation and control.\\n \\n \\n \\n \\n \\n