Senior Non-Financial Risk Expert 100% (f/m/d)

Julius Baer; Zürich; Presencial; CHF 130.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Julius Baer in Zurich seeks an experienced control and risk professional to lead independent quality assurance of key non-financial risk controls across the group.

You will drive improvements, guide locations on the internal control framework, and advance FINMA-aligned QA processes, collaborating with senior management across divisions.

Fluency in English; German or French is a plus; university degree in economics or finance; 5–8 years in audit, compliance, or risk within private banking.

Formación

• University degree in economics, business administration or finance.
• Min 5–8 years of professional experience in private banking, audit, compliance, risk, or control functions.
• Strong leadership, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English; German, French or another language is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Lead independent quality assurance of key controls for non-financial risk types.
• Identify internal control weaknesses and recommend process improvements.
• Provide guidance on the Internal Control Framework and tools to international locations for reporting.
• Develop and enhance the quality assurance framework in line with FINMA requirements.
• Lead meetings with senior management and stakeholders across divisions and international locations.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Private banking

JIRA

Excel & PowerPoint

MS Office

Communication skills

Multilingual (English)

Problem-solving

Educación

University degree in economics

Herramientas

JIRA

MS Office

Descripción del empleo

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.

The Consolidated Supervision team is part of the Non-Financial Risk Control department based in Zurich and oversees the implementation of the Global Minimum Standards and Global Minimum Controls in Switzerland as well as in all international locations.

The team is responsible for the Group Policy Management Framework and the Group Internal Control Framework. The team acts as the centre of competence for global policies and internal controls and provides support to the international locations in the implementation of their local frameworks. The team also acts as the independent responsible unit to conduct quality assurance across Group locations and risk types, to verify that the Group standards and controls have been properly implemented and adhered to.

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Lead function for independent quality assurance (design and operative effectiveness assessment) of key controls for all non-financial risk types
• Identify internal control weaknesses and recommending areas for process and control improvements
• Provide guidance on the Internal Control Framework and tools to the international locations for the implementation of the relevant local key controls and the reporting of the control results
• Development and enhancement of the quality assurance framework in line with regulatory FINMA requirements
• Lead meetings with Senior Management and various stakeholders across the divisions and international locations

YOUR PROFILE

• University degree or equivalent qualification, preferably in economics, business administration, or finance
• Min 5-8 years professional experience in the private banking business, preferably in Audit, Compliance, Risk or Control functions or with a management consulting firm with focus on Financial Risk (Credit / Market Regulations/ Market Abuse / Treasury) and/or Non Financial Risk (Cyber Security, AML | FCC, Model Validation) topics
• Sound management and leadership skills in private banking
• Strong organisational, team building and interpersonal skills
• Senior personality with easy access to senior management, high empathy, charisma and managerial courage
• Drive for results and ability to set priorities, to coordinate processes, to meet tight deadlines and to reprioritise tasks if needed
• Outstanding analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills
• Proficient user in MS Office applications, especially Excel and PowerPoint; experience with JIRA
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English. Fluency in German, French, or any further language is an advantage