WM Client Review Specialist GE & ZH - Temporary 12 months - UBP

WM Client Review Specialist (Geneva) - Temporary 12 months

Description

Wealth Management is the division of the bank that provides our private clients with financial advisory and management services to help them preserve and grow their wealth. The client’s relationship manager, within Wealth Management, is their main point of reference, who will make sure the services that client receives are tailored to their specific requirements, objectives, and risk profile. This may include delivering investment advice or portfolio management services, or referring the client to experts within the Bank for specific requirements such as wealth planning, credit or product structuring.

Mission

The WM Client Periodic Review team is reporting to the Head of WM Business Risk & Reporting, facilitating close but independent interactions with WM Front Office and Management.

Challenges

Perform 360° client periodic relations reviews with regards to KYC, KYT Adverse news screening, SOW/SOF corroboration and notably CDB-related documentation, applying the Bank’s standards, identifying potential reputational, regulatory, sanction and money laundering related risks through evaluation of client accounts purpose, KYT and KYC completeness, plausibility and accuracy, Provide from time-to-time guidance on quality standards and regulatory requirements to assigned Relationship Managers when necessary.

Main responsibilities

Objectives

• Ensure adequate AML and KYC, KYT, documentary accuracy (CDB) and adverse news screening risk mitigation on client reviews as well as the completeness of corroboration, according to the Bank’s Qualitative risk appetite, SOW/SOF corroboration standards and KYC standards.
• Raise and escalate any deviation to the adherence to the Bank’s standards to the relevant management, control functions and/or committees.
• Synchronize with Compliance and Client Documentation teams to ensure standards are met.
• Increase risk awareness within the WM Markets by ensuring that RMs and Team-leaders are aware of internal directives, of the regulatory requirement and updated on all new practices with a focus on AML, CDB and Sanction subjects and/or other investor protection or tax documentation.
• Upon management’s request, act as a relay of authority within the WM Markets on certain initiatives
• Raise and escalate any other identified risks.
• Any other task required by management relating to the mission of the employee.

Governance

• Regular meetings with appropriate 2nd Line of defense functions to ensure consistency of knowledge and practices.
• Regular meetings with WM Relationship Managers to review the ongoing subjects and propose action plans for long standing review issues.
• Regular reporting on activity and associated risks

Education

Education:

Bachelor Degree

Experience

Years of experience:

3-7 : intermediate

Experience in private banking:

Mandatory

Language

English:

Advanced

Other:

Fluent

(Russian: A plus)

Other:

Fluent

(Arabic: A plus)

Personal skills

Swiss resident:

Mandatory