Job Description
coni + partner, established in 1993, is a consultancy company with headquarters in Zurich and subsidiaries in Düsseldorf and Shanghai. We specialise in custom-fit staffing in tune with the corporate culture by ensuring a perfect match of professional skills, references and personal as well as social skills of successful candidates.
We are seeking a Trading Process Specialist to support an international bank in Zurich.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Conduct analyses of the bank's trading processes, compliance (e.g. EMIR, MiFID II) and operational risks.
2. Based on identified control deficits in the trading systems, develop solutions to optimise trading processes.
3. Support the Trading department in establishing and maintaining a robust control framework and setting up second line of defense controls.
4. In close cooperation with IT, Trading and Legal & Compliance Department and external specialists, implement trading related policies to ensure clearly defined responsibilities and accountabilities.
5. Plan and conduct audits to ensure compliance and minimise risks related to applicable laws and regulations.
6. Ad hoc project work based on events to systematically eliminate vulnerabilities in the trading systems.
7. Serve as point of contact for the business on compliance issues.
Requirements
1. Masters' or Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Business Informatics.
2. Experience in the middle office or trading of a bank or as external or internal auditor.
3. Experience in banking matters, financial markets and financial products.
4. Understanding of financial market infrastructure activities.
5. Familiarity with operational risk in trading and knowledge of relevant regulations.
6. Ability to communicate and negotiate clearly between business and IT.
7. Flair for IT processes and systems.
8. Dedication and motivation.
9. Strong communication skills.
10. Proficiency in German and English.