Senior Compliance Manager

Trafigura Group; Genf; Vor Ort; CHF 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Trafigura Group is seeking a Senior Compliance Manager to support the Chief Compliance Officer in developing and improving the global Compliance Program. The role requires strong mastery of sanctions, AML, and trade controls, with extensive international experience across trading and shipping activities.

You will work closely with Legal, Finance and business lines to embed a culture of integrity, manage regulatory risk and ensure ongoing licence to operate in a dynamic, multinational environment.

Qualifikationen

• Compliance or law professional with at least 10 years’ relevant experience.

Aufgaben

• Review sanctions regimes and interpret their relevance to business activities.
• Draft or update sanctions guidance and policies.
• Oversee complex KYC/AML issues and escalate where needed.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and risk reviews.
• Lead Compliance projects, including AI-related initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Sanctions programmes

ABC/AML

Trade controls

Regulatory interpretation

Project management

English fluency

Cross-border experience

Relativity experience

Tools

Relativity

Jobbeschreibung

Main Purpose

Main Purpose The Compliance department at Trafigura is a global function responsible for ensuring the business operates in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies. The team provides guidance and oversight across the Group's trading, operations, and corporate functions — covering areas including anti-bribery and corruption (ABC), sanctions screening, anti-money laundering (AML), trade controls, and regulatory compliance. Working closely with Legal, Finance, and the business lines, Compliance plays a critical role in managing regulatory risk, maintaining Trafigura's licence to operate, and embedding a strong culture of integrity across the organisation. The Senior Compliance manager will assist the Chief Compliance Officer with all aspects of assessing, monitoring and developing the Trafigura Group Compliance Program to ensure the consistent and robust continuous improvement of the Compliance program.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Compliance or law professional with at least 10 years’ relevant experience
• Hands-on experience with sanctions programmes, screenings and interpretation of applicable trade controls
• Experience in commodities trading and commodity shipping, ideally with significant international and cross border experience
• Should have extensive experience of all aspects of a corporate compliance program including anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, trade sanctions, and market abuse.
• Working knowledge of European regulatory frameworks, particularly Swiss law, EU, UK, US, Swiss sanctions regimes, and EMIR/MiFID II AML/KYC operational experience in a financial services or trading environment
• Good IT skills and organisational skills
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Experience with Relativity desired

Key Responsibilities

• Review complex sanctions-related queries and regulatory updates. This involves interpreting applicable sanctions regimes, assessing their relevance to business activities, ensuring trade compliance, and drafting or updating sanctions guidance and policies accordingly.
• Review escalations related to gifts and entertainment
• Review complex third party payment issues
• Investigating possible breaches of the Code of Business Conduct or other Compliance policies and implementing any required rectification
• Providing the escalation point for complex / non-standard KYC / AML issues
• Implementation of Compliance Projects related to Artificial Intelligence
• To keep all existing training up to date and develop new training where necessary.
• Co-ordinate and progress a variety of process / system / policy review and improvement projects.
• Assist with internal compliance investigation and review
• Coordinate and assist compliance with internal and external audit
• Coordinate and assist with the compliance global annual risk review
• Build relationships with key relationships departments outlined below

Competencies

• Communicates effectively
• Courage decision quality manages complexity global perspective plans and aligns

Reporting Structure

Reporting to the Co-Heads of Compliance

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Key Relationships

• Legal
• Trading teams
• Claims/Disbursements
• Chartering
• Operations
• Finance
• Back office IT

At the heart of global supply, Trafigura connects vital resources to power and build the world. Through our Metals and Minerals, Oil & Petroleum Products and Gas, Power and Renewables, commercial divisions, we use infrastructure, logistics and financing to connect producers and consumers, using our deep understanding of the markets we serve to make supply more efficient, secure and sustainable. We are accelerating our investments in renewable energy, including hydrogen, ammonia and other low-carbon energy technologies required for the transition to a low carbon future. We are committed to responsible business practices and we work with our stakeholders to improve environmental and social standards, bringing greater trust and transparency to global supply chains. A career at Trafigura offers a gateway to working on some of the most exciting challenges of a rapidly changing world – from helping to optimise supply chains to developing infrastructure and new markets. In a culture that is founded on openness and energy, our people work as part of a multinational, globally connected team and thrive in a fast-paced environment where they can nurture and commercialise bold ideas. Everyone has a voice and is empowered to collaborate across geographies and disciplines to help shape our business and the wider world. We know the importance and value of diversity in our business and we invest in attracting, developing and retaining talent from all backgrounds. Founded in 1993, Trafigura is one of the largest independent employee-owned commodities groups in the world with over 12,000 people working across more than 60 offices. The Trafigura Group owns global multi-metals producer Nyrstar; fuel storage and distribution company Puma Energy; and joint ventures Impala Terminals, a port and logistics provider, and Nalo Renewables, investing in wind, solar and battery storage projects.