Senior Business Auditor - Compliance & Investigations 100% (f/m/d)

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.

Julius Baer is the leading Swiss private banking group with a focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients and a premium brand in global wealth management. That is why a comprehensive range of services and first-class service quality are essential – as are the committed teams that provide them.

Group Internal Audit (GIA) is an independent function that provides assurance to the Board of Directors and to the Audit Committee. We conduct our work by assessing the Bank’s ability to manage and control risks and advise the functions on how to enhance their risk management capabilities. We report directly to the Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee.

For our Business Audit Team based in Zurich (Head Quarter), we are looking for a full-time Senior Auditor, specialised in Compliance and Investigations, covering the Private Banking and Wealth Management Division of Julius Baer Group.

• Plan, lead and execute audits together with your colleagues in international locations mainly in the Private Banking and Wealth Management business in the second line of defense (incl. investigations)

• Complete audit assignments on time, within budget and in line with audit standards and internal audit methodology

• Use data analytics techniques in the audit assignments

• Discuss identified weaknesses and shortcomings with auditees and recommend feasible and value-adding actions supporting effective remediation of risks

• Prepare audit reports and follow-up on the implementation of the ‘agreed audit actions’

• Contribute to the annual risk assessment, audit planning on Group level, take ownership of additional local requirements, and related audit planning in coordination with the Head Group Internal Audit

• Lead or support special tasks (e.g. ad hoc requests, reviews and investigations)

• Analyze and draw precise and meaningful conclusions of investigated suspicion or incidents (i.e. internal/external fraud risks and events, losses, misbehavior etc.)

• Work in interdisciplinary teams (i.e. integrated process audits with IT and Data Analytics driving improvements)

• Ability to interact with a variety of stakeholders, build trusted partnerships, deliver sound opinion and present relevant solutions

• Share best practices and contribute to process and audit methodology improvements

• Contribute to the positive ‘One Team’ spirit; motivate, support and coach team members individually to improve their skills and performance

• Minimum 8 years of relevant working experience in internal (or external) audit or in a Risk & Compliance function of a Global Bank with strong knowledge and understanding of Swiss Private Banking Regulation (Anti-Money Laundering, Financial Intelligence Unit, Sanctions Compliance, Cross-Border & Tax Compliance, Counter Terrorist Financing, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Suitability, etc.)

• University degree or equivalent (preferably in Economics, Finance, Banking, Law or comparable)

• Audit related certification such as Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Public Accountant

• Experience in leading and performing Investigations at Banks

• Strong experience in Data Analytics

• Expertise in assessing internal control systems and related processes and controls, front-to-back

• Team player with an enthusiastic and proactive personality

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and German, additional language skills are a plus

• Professional and convincing communication skills with stakeholders in various roles and functions (incl. Senior Management)

• Fast learner with strong analytical and conceptual skills

• Drive and motivation to work in a target oriented and high-performance culture

• Able to work on own initiative, willing to take on responsibility

• Personal integrity

• Ability and willingness to travel up to ~ 4 weeks per year

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