Head Legal & Corporate Secretary

Standard Chartered Bank; Genf; Hybride; CHF 180 000 - 260 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Retirement savings

Medical insurance

Life insurance

Flexible benefits

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Learning & development

Résumé du poste

Standard Chartered is seeking a Senior Legal Leader for its Wealth & Retail Banking Legal team in Switzerland. You will shape and govern the legal practice for PvB, ensuring compliance with Swiss law and global standards while advising management on complex transactions and regulatory risk.

The role requires 8+ years of PQE as a Swiss-qualified lawyer, strong governance experience, and fluency in English. French/German are advantageous; the role supports flexible, hybrid working in Geneva and

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of Swiss financial services, banking, company law and regulations.
• Strong governance experience in private banking, and board/secretarial matters.
• Analytical and innovative legal skills.
• Excellent communication with business stakeholders.
• Sound judgement for difficult legal areas.
• Curious, proactive approach to procedures and transactions.
• Independence, robustness, and personal integrity.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Swiss-qualified lawyer with 8+ years PQE.
• Proficiency in English; French/German optional.

Responsabilités

• Lead and manage the culture and practice of legal for PvB in Switzerland in line with regulatory requirements.
• Provide independent second-line risk control and specialist legal advice to the business.
• Advise management and promote best practices aligned to Swiss regulator and cross-border needs.
• Act as company secretary for the Swiss entity and liaise with Group Secretariat in the UK.
• Support and implement the vision and strategy for Wealth & Retail Banking legal in Switzerland.

Connaissances

Swiss financial services law

Corporate governance & board secretari

Regulatory risk & compliance

Legal advisory & transactional support

English proficiency

Description du poste

• To promote, lead and manage the culture and practice of legal with the letter and spirit of all applicable legal and regulatory requirements and ethical standards in the conduct of the Wealth & Retail Banking business (specifically, Standard Chartered Global Private Bank) (“PvB”) in Switzerland, to protect and enhance the reputation of the Bank.
• To advise management and promote best practices and company policies, as aligned to the Swiss regulator, the region, and the cross-border implications across various booking centres.
• To be responsible for legal advice, transactional support and issues relevant to the PvB business in Switzerland
• As an independent second line risk control function, execute the relevant aspects of the Legal framework through robust independent risk control and the provision of specialist advice and constructive challenge in a manner proportionate to the nature, scale and complexity of the Group’s business.
• Proactively support and challenge the PvB business and functions in Switzerland to exhibit appropriate conduct, comply with legal and regulatory requirements and strive to achieve fair outcome for the Group’s clients.
• Maintain constructive and effective relationships with Business Head/Chief Executive Officer in Switzerland.
• Maintain independence, deliver timely responses, and timely escalation of risks and issues when the risk management tolerance of the firm is, or is likely to be, exceeded.
• Act as company secretary for the Swiss entity and liaise with Group Corporate Secretariat based in the UK
• Support and implement the vision, strategy, direction and leadership for Wealth & Retail Banking in Switzerland, consistent with the Global Head of Legal, Wealth & Retail Banking’s vision and strategy for the Legal function and in support of the Bank’s strategic direction and growth aspirations.
• Lead in the proactive and strategic identification of material legal and regulatory risks in the business. Influence stakeholders to improve the management of legal and regulatory risk relevant for PvB.

• Build and maintain an effective and constructive relationship with all key business and functional stakeholders that is based on trust, capability and integrity, providing timely, responsive and quality legal advice and guidance to enable the business and functions to meet/ achieve their strategic tactical objectives.
• Provide legal advice, briefings, recommendations and reports on material legal risks and issues to business, country and functional stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of financial services, banking, company and relevant applicable laws and regulations in Switzerland
• Strong understanding of private banking/wealth management and practical experience in company secretarial, board governance and corporate governance matter.
• Strong analytical and innovative legal skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, especially with business people
• Good judgement enabling the provision of sound advice in difficult areas of law and practice
• Inquisitive approach to practices, procedures and specific transactions
• Independence and robustness
• Personal authority, integrity and ethics
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and work effectively with business units
• Good command of Microsoft office
• Qualified lawyer in Switzerland with minimum 8 years’ post-qualification experience
• Proficiency in English, written and spoken. French and/or German optional

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thingand are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle,continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together,we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter,we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-offincluding annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing supportthrough Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills,global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning cultureto support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation,one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.