IT BA Compliance Risk

UNION BANCAIRE PRIVÉE, UBP SA; Genf; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Union Bancaire Privée in Geneva seeks an experienced IT Business Analyst to drive regulatory compliance projects, focusing on AML, client risk scoring, VaR and risk management. You will collaborate with IT Compliance and IT Risk teams to translate complex regulations into functional requirements and design specifications.

The role requires 5–10 years in regulatory IT banking, strong SQL skills, mastery of banking processes, and fluent French with high proficiency in English (C1).

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of IT regulatory project experience.
• Proficient in SQL and database scripting for risk analytics.
• Good understanding of the bank's business processes.
• Good practice of IT BA activities and knowledge of IT project management.
• Master's degree in IT.
• French mandatory and English at C1 level.

Responsibilities

• Analyze regulation, business scenarios/cases and contribute to business/regulatory requirements definition.
• Define Functional Design Specification.
• Manage vendor relationships for software packages.
• Execute database scripts and queries (SQL) to validate data integrity and regulatory alignment.
• Install and test new versions of applications and exploit the applications in production (batch error management).
• Liaise with the business to provide guidance from an IT point of view.
• Provide guidance for business analysts, developers, and testers assigned to the projects and ensure good project management practices are employed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify key risks and issues and define mitigation scenarios.

Skills

SQL scripting

Regulatory IT projects

Bank business processes

IT project management

French proficiency

English (C1)

Education

Master Degree in IT

Tools

SQL

Job description

Mission

The mission consists in performing IT business analysis work for key compliance and risk management projects, in particular for subjects related to anti-money laundering (AML), clients risk scoring, balance sheet management, and Value At Risk (VaR),

The candidate needs to have an extensive regulatory IT banking background as well as a strong BA experience

Main responsibilities

Reporting to the heads of IT Compliance and IT Risk teams, the consultant will work on key compliance and risk projects

IT BA Responsibilities

• Analyze regulation, business scenarios/cases and contribute to business / regulatory requirements definition.
• Define Functional Design Specification.
• Manage vendor (application relationship (software package).
• Execute database scripts and queries (SQL) to validate data integrity and ensure alignment with regulatory requirements.
• Install and test new versions of applications and exploit the applications in production (batch error management).
• Liaise with the business to provide guidance from an IT point of view.
• Provide guidance for business analysts, developers, and testers assigned to the projects and ensure good project management practices are employed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify key risks and issues and define mitigation scenarios.

Your Profile

• Good operational experience in the implementation of various IT Regulatory projects (Anti-Money Laundering, Market Abuse, Client screening, Payment filtering, Client suitability, Automatic Exchange of Information, MIFID, EMIR, Risk Management, etc.
• Proficient in SQL and database scripting for risk data analytics.
• Good understanding of the bank's business processes
• Good practice of IT BA activities and knowledge of IT project management
• 5 to 10 years of experience
• Education : Master Degree in IT
• French mandatory and English (C1)

Others

• Swiss Residence not mandatory

Core Competencies : Adherence to the company’s values: Dedication, Conviction, Agility and Responsibility - Compliance with regulations and internal directives