Intern Junior Compliance Analyst

Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB; Zürich; On-site; CHF 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Société Générale Switzerland is seeking a compliance-minded professional to support the Compliance department in Zurich. You will study cases, provide advisory input, and help ensure adherence to regulations across banking and investment services. Collaboration with the Head of Compliance Switzerland will be key.

You will handle KYC onboarding, sanctions screening, and AML alert responses while contributing to internal policies and knowledge sharing across the team.

Qualifications

• Banking Apprenticeship or HFBF or Bachelor or Master degree.
• Experience in Banking or Compliance is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a broad range of Compliance topics.
• Analyze KYC onboarding and review requests and issue a Compliance Opinion.
• Execute daily Sanctions & Embargoes screening including alert management.
• Review Transactions that include red flags.
• Respond to AML Alerts / RFIs.
• Perform Permanent Supervision Controls on various Subjects.
• Advise on internal policies.
• Contribute to department projects and training actions.
• Monitor gifts & events; support communication surveillance program.
• Screen High Risk clients and check cross-border requests.
• Provide administrative support to the Head of Compliance.

Skills

Team player

Fast learner

Pro-active

Motivated to work and to learn

Positive mindset

Education

Banking Apprenticeship or HFBF or Bachelor or Master degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Mission

As a bank, we are required to provide our clients, partners, employees but also the regulators with an irreproachable level of service, including in regulatory terms, which is increasingly important in the control of our economies.

Responsibilities

Mission: As a bank, we are required to provide our clients, partners, employees but also the regulators with an irreproachable level of service, including in regulatory terms, which is increasingly important in the control of our economies.

Compliance with the regulations is a key advantage for the Group that will enable us to fully embody the trusted partner that we wish to be for our clients. Client protection systems and the optimization of client onboarding through KYC (Know Your Customer) information are all competitive advantages that will enable us to be even closer to the needs of our clients and provide us with levers for transformation and progress.

Due to its role, compliance contributes fully to the positive impact that the Group wishes to have on the transformation of our societies. Therefore, preventing market manipulation, managing tax transparency, combating money laundering, the financing of terrorism or corruption are all tasks that fall within the scope of compliance and contribute to the positive transformation of our economies.

Because compliance concerns us all, each person must act in accordance with the regulations regardless of their position in the Group. Enhancing our Compliance culture and the robustness of our system are therefore our priorities.

As a business partner, CPLE supports the activities of the Bank on a day-to-day basis in studying cases, playing an advisory and warning role in the event of non-compliance with the regulations. This partnership is essential in order to carry out our banking activity in accordance with the regulations and ensure the sustainable development of our business.

The Compliance Division ensures:

• Compliance with laws, rules and ethical principles specific to banking activities and investment services undertaken by the Group, as well as compliance with staff members' personal rules of good conduct and ethics
• Awareness-raising and training of all players in preventing non-compliance and reputational risks

As Member of the SG Zürich Compliance department, you will have access to a broad range of Compliance topics which will allow you to learn many aspects of Compliance. You will work directly with the Head of Compliance Switzerland.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Contribution to a broad range of Compliance topics
• Analyze KYC Onboarding and Review requests and issue a Compliance Opinion
• Execution of the daily Sanctions & Embargoes screening including alert management
• Review of Transactions that include red flags
• Responding to AML Alerts / RFIs
• Perform Permanent Supervision Controls on various Subjects
• Advise related to internal policies
• Contribution to various projects of the department
• Monitoring of gift & events
• Contribution to local training actions
• Compliance reporting
• Check the compliance of cross-border requests
• Support in communication surveillance program
• Screening on High Risk clients
• Administrative support to the Head of Compliance

Required

Profile required

Studies & experience:

• Banking Apprenticeship or HFBF or Bachelor or Master degree
• Eperience in Banking or Compliance is an advantage

Language skills:

• Fluent English and German (written and spoken)
• French would be an advantage but not essential

Technical, operational & Soft skills:

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of application
• Ability to learn new tools
• Soft skills
• Team player
• Fast learner
• Motivated to work and to learn
• Motivated to do as well repetitive tasks
• Positive minded
• Flexible mindset
• Pro-active

Why join us

Société Générale Switzerland is a multi-category bank offering every employee the possibility to have several careers in a professional career path. Internal mobility and training are two core areas we focus on, in a dynamic, prosperous and evolving context.

As soon as you arrive, you will be integrated into our teams and will learn every day alongside our experts, who will support you in your tasks. Gradually, you will become more independent in your projects, making this experience a real career accelerator. You will also discover all the diversity of our businesses, in a sector that is constantly evolving and innovating.

At the end of your studies, various opportunities could be offered to you, in Switzerland and abroad.

Business insight

At Société Générale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious.

Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA.

If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

Still hesitating?

You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices, and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.