Investment Operation Specialist - Transactional Management - Private Markets

Our client, a prestigious and established institution with over 180 years of experience, is a leading sustainable private bank with a global presence in 27 locations. They specialize in providing personalized services in investment advisory and asset management for both private and institutional clients. The institution’s success is driven by the dedication and commitment of its employees, who bring unique technical expertise, professional qualifications, and social skills to the organization. The institution is deeply committed to fostering a collaborative and entrepreneurial work environment where each employee’s contribution is valued.

We are currently seeking an experienced Compliance Officer to join the Swiss Advisory Team in Zürich. This role is critical to ensuring the institution's adherence to regulatory and statutory requirements, particularly in the area of financial crime compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with current Swiss AML (Anti-Money Laundering) standards.
• Conduct global exposure checks of new and existing clients to identify and mitigate financial crime risks.
• Process account opening requests and KYC periodic reviews in accordance with regulatory and internal frameworks.
• Provide expert advice to client advisors on AML/CTF (Countering the Financing of Terrorism) related matters.
• Perform risk assessments, thematic reviews, and deep dives into specific compliance areas.
• Actively participate in compliance projects and support their implementation.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Higher education in law, economics, or a related field, or an equivalent qualification (e.g., Diploma of Advanced Studies in Compliance Management).
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in a Financial Crime Compliance Department, ideally within a Swiss bank, with a focus on complex account openings and KYC reviews.
• Strong knowledge of AML and CDB (Client Due Diligence) regulatory requirements.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to work independently and with attention to detail.
• Effective communicator and team player with a proactive attitude toward taking ownership of responsibilities.
• Solution-oriented with a pragmatic approach to working with colleagues and stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize tasks, and make clear decisions.
• Fluency in both German and English is required.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a respected institution that values its employees and fosters a positive, high-performing work environment.

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• Risk Management: Ensure compliance and assist in responding to supplier queries.
• Reporting: Prepare annual budgets and ad-hoc reports.

• University degree in finance or a banking apprenticeship.
• Minimum of 5 years in financial services, with expertise in market data procurement.
• Fluent in English; German is a strong plus.
• Proficiency in MS Office and contract management tools.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical, and self-organized.
• Benefits:
• Home office flexibility with 2 days remote per week after probation.
• Flexible working hours.
• Development opportunities including training and language courses.
• Diverse and respectful company culture.
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In this role, your main focus as an IT Security Operations Manager will be to ensure smooth operation and further development of internal information security systems, check and process possible incidents and most importantly you will work with internal SOC. Since this is a hands-on role as well as managerial one, you will fix vulnerabilities and security holes, process internal information's security requests. Finally, you will participate in projects which will allow you to propose new technical solutions.

If you have the broad knowledge of the MS Azure security suite (Defender and Sentinel) and several years of professional experience in the IT environment along with the experience in the information security domain than this is the right opportunity for you!

What is also needed is good knowledge of German language knowledge (C1) and English (B2).

You will have an exciting and varied position, well-founded induction, flexible working hours and home office option and modern workplace and other benefits.

For more information on this IT Security Operations Manager job or any other IT Security Operations Manager positions I have available, please send your CV to:

vuk.susa-stupar@nicollcurtin.com or you can call me on:

Are you an experienced Investment Operations OR Transaction Management Specialist?

Have you previously had the opportunity to work in the Private Markets Area?

Are you interested working closely with Legal, Tax and Investment Teams as well as external counterparties in order to execute investments?

If so, this could be the Investment Operations OR Transaction Management Specialist job for you!

You will be joining one of the leading alternative investment funds in the world who have more than 700 clients in 44 countries.

Within that environment you will be working closely together with Investment and Legal teams to ensure that transactions of managed funds are executed in a timely and accurate manner, covering various transaction types across the Private Equity, Real Estate, Credit, and Infrastructure businesses.

You will dedicate particular focus on each transaction in order to handle it in the timeframes required.

In addition, you will prepare complete transaction documents such as: subscription documents, transfer agreements, other legal transactional documents, and KYC documentation.

You are expected to have a proven track record when it comes to handling Private Markets Transactions along with at least 5 years of experience. Previous hands-on experience with transaction management and AML / KYC is required as well.

This is a 6 month contracting role with an option of extension or internalisation.

Location of work is Pfäffikon

For this role fluent knowledge of English is a must, while knowledge of German is nice to have.

For more information on this Investment Operations OR Transaction Management Specialist position, please send your CV to:

vuk.susa-stupar@nicollcurtin.com or alternatively you can call me on +41435082671

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