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Compliance Officer Sanctions

Swissquote


Job Location:

Nyon - Switzerland

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 8 August 2026 (27 days ago)
Application Deadline: 5 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Are you eager to take up a new challenge Join the Compliance Department as a Compliance Officer in the Compliance Support and Sanctions service. You will have multiple tasks and on top of the sanction topics you will be exposed to a wide range of Compliance activities on the financial security aspect. Your role will include:

  • Sanctions:
    • Perform sanctions due diligence on clients and related parties during the onboarding phases as well as periodic or ad hoc review phases.
    • Perform analysis on true sanctions hits escalated by the Compliance Monitoring as part of the sanction screening done on the client base and on the transactional activity of our clients.
    • Assess potential exposure to sectoral sanctions export controls dual-use goods and sanctioned industries
    • Provide recommendations regarding acceptance rejection or escalation of client relationship
    • Support and advise other compliance officers on sanction related topics
    • Regulatory monitoring on sanction news impacting the bank and analysis of the impact on our client base and analyse the impact of new sanctions packages.
    • Draft and maintain sanctions policies and procedures.
    • Participate in the calibration and optimization of sanctions screening systems.
  • Reporting:
    • Contribute to the banks monitoring of risk tolerance risk analysis and key risk indicators.
    • Support ad hoc reporting requests: special requests audits regulatory reviews etc.
  • Others:
    • Provide targeted training on sanctions
    • Drafting of internal memos and presentations
    • Support and advice to management

Qualifications :

  • Expert in Financial Sanction.
  • Good knowledge in Swiss banking and financial laws.
  • Analytical and methodological approach.
  • Very good writing and communication skills in French and English (Other languages is a plus).
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Excellent command of Powerpoint.
  • Ability to prioritize tasks  and manage high workloads.
  • Strong team player who enjoys working in multicultural dynamic technological and international environment.

Background

  • Bachelor or Master Degree in Laws or Economics with appetite for data crunching and analysis.
  • 3 to 5 years of experience in the financial industry.

Additional Information :

SQ2

Please note that Swissquote never requests sensitive personal information or payment of any kind during the recruitment process. Any such request is fraudulent.


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time


About Company

As a leading provider of online financial services, Swissquote Group offers innovative solutions and comprehensive services to meet the wide-ranging demands of its global clients.With an Online Trading Platform linked to more than 60 stock markets in over 40 countries, including off-e ... View more

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