IT BA Compliance Risk

UBP - Union Bancaire Privée; Genf; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

UBP - Union Bancaire Privée seeks a seasoned IT Business Analyst to perform regulatory IT work on AML, client risk scoring, VaR, and balance sheet management initiatives. The role requires extensive banking regulation experience and strong BA skills to define requirements and design specifications.

The consultant reports to IT Compliance and IT Risk leads, collaborating with business teams to ensure data integrity and regulatory alignment through SQL validation and vendor management.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering IT regulatory projects (AML, risk, client screening, MiFID/EMIR) and strong BA foundations.
• Proficient in SQL and data analysis for risk data.
• Strong understanding of bank processes and IT project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Analyze regulations and business scenarios to define regulatory requirements.
• Define Functional Design Specification.
• Manage vendor relationships and software packages.
• Execute SQL scripts to validate data alignment with regulatory needs.
• Install/test new application versions and handle batch error management.
• Liaise with business to provide IT guidance.
• Mentor BAs, developers, and testers on projects and ensure good project practices.
• Identify risks and propose mitigation strategies.

Skills

SQL

Regulatory IT

IT BA

Project management

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Master's Degree in IT

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