Junior Sanction Advisory; f​/m​/d

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For strengthening our Global Sanctions Advisory Desk as part of the Compliance Department based in Zurich, we are looking for an eager, experienced, and team‑minded Sanctions Compliance Officer with great care, passion, and excellence to work on challenges and tasks, being welcomed and joined by a professional and well‑diversified team.

The Global Sanctions Desk covers Group Sanctions Compliance within Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) at the Head Office of Julius Bär. Its main responsibilities include the execution, maintenance, and enhancement of the group‑wide Sanctions Compliance programme in close collaboration with all relevant internal functions and local Compliance units across the group affiliates, counter parties, authorities, and peers within the financial sector’s network.

Economic and trade sanctions imposed by governments promote national and international security and policy goals. Julius Baer Group implemented measures to ensure compliance with applicable sanctions requirements as well as to reduce or eliminate exposure to sanctions and to reduce regulatory and reputational risks. The Group Sanctions Policy defines the responsibilities, global minimum standards, and measures regarding the Group’s compliance with applicable sanctions laws and regulations and key elements of relevant sanctions programmes.

• Defines and handles clients with sanctions nexus and conducts materiality assessment for making decisions on relevant risk aspects
• Assessment and handling of all aspects of sanctioned parties (SDN) with relationship to the bank
• Supports the team as centre of competence in performing daily tasks
• Supports the application of sanctions laws and regulations as well as relevant sanctions programmes and implementation of specific measures at Head Office and throughout Julius Bär Group
• Advises colleagues in the implementation of the Global Sanctions Policy and monitors legal and regulatory developments
• Exchanges with local Compliance units across Group affiliates to ensure know‑how transfer regarding policy decisions, controls, and material developments
• Interacts with counter parties, authorities, and peers within the financial sector’s network

• University degree (Bachelor or Master), preferable in Economics, Legal, Audit, or Finance, another higher education with a strong career development or completed bank apprenticeship in the financial sector with corresponding further education
• 3-5 years of professional experience, preferably in Compliance, Risk, Audit, Legal, with experience and knowledge in Sanctions
• Readiness to work in a rapidly changing and challenging environment and willingness to learn
• A team player with a strong personality who provides practical solutions, completes tasks independently, efficiently, reliably and with the necessary quality
• Very good organizational, operational, analytical and communication skills and ability to work under pressure
• Exhibition of sound judgment and strong sense of integrity and discretion
• Fluent written and spoken language skills in English, German would be beneficial and knowledge of further languages is an advantage