Senior Compliance Specialist – Zurich Switzerland

Written by iManila Dev on March 9, 2022. Posted in Finance, Jobs, Switzerland, Zurich

Our financial client in Zurich is seeking a Senior Compliance Specialist to join their Zurich Team in a permanent role.

Position Summary:

The position is responsible for managing compliance tasks in the areas of AML/KYC, reporting to the Head of Compliance.

Key Tasks and Responsibilites:

• Advising front staff on compliance matters (KYC, AML, Tax compliance)
• Conducting Due Diligence checks and review on client files
• Performing transaction and sanctions monitoring checks
• Supporting the digitalization of banking processes
• Supporting Compliance projects (e.g. in the are of Crypto)
• Managing reporting activities
• Conducting spot checks on banking activities and processes
• Performing and preparing trainings on compliance matters
• Identifying compliance risks and developing mitigating measures

Requirements:

• degree in Law or Compliance studies
• At least 5 years experience in a compliance role in banking or finance industry
• Active interest in compliance, crypto
• Experienced skills in MS Office (Excel, Word, Access) for data analyses
• Dedicated and responsible personality with strong team-player attitude and analytical capabilities
• Results-oriented approach
• Ability to work under pressure, manage own goals and set up priorities
• Fluent in English, German, other languages a plus

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C# / .NET Developer – Wealth / Asset Management – Zurich

Written by iManila Dev on November 26, 2021. Posted in IT, Jobs, Switzerland, Zurich

Fantastic opportunity to work for an established financial client in Zurich, Switzerland who are looking to add a C# / .NET Developer to the team.

The role will help design, develop, modify and implement applications using existing and future technologies.

Candidates should have strong experience in the Microsoft technology stack – .Net, C#, IIS, MVC, WCF, WPF, SQL Server.

Interested candidates please apply and I can share the full job spec.

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Business Analyst

Written by iManila Dev on November 25, 2021. Posted in Finance, Jobs, Switzerland

We are seeking an IT Business Analyst with a mixture of technical (SQL, Excel / VBA / Python) skills and good financial understanding, ideally within derivatives or keen to learn.

TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Project pre-analysis and breakdown into functional streams
• Requirements gathering
• Business specifications drafting
• Technical specifications drafting
• Coordination of execution work with development teams
• Test case preparation
• Active participation with release and test management teams in project or new features test campaigns
• Project reporting

REQUIREMENTS:

• Analytical and logical mind-set
• Writing skills i.e. ability to describe complex problems in a simple manner
• Knowledge of Excel/VBA and/or SQL or any other programming language
• Convert business problems into IT solutions
• Degree in: engineering, finance, economics or IT domains
• Working experience: not a must but ideally internships or previous experience in financial software / banking industry
• Persistence, ability to maintain continuity on project’s momentum
• Self-starter, autonomous and pro-active team-member
• Forward thinker, a desire to learn and innovate

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Senior Java Developer

Written by iManila Dev on November 25, 2021. Posted in IT, Jobs, Switzerland

• Our Financial client in Zurich, Switzerland is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their team in full-time permanent position.

  Job specification

  • Work with engineers, product managers and other stakeholders to deliver useful features
  • Lead development and build tasks which contribute to the delivery of working software
  • Contribute to the analysis and testing of working software
  • Ensure user stories are delivered and agreed objectives are met
  • Contribute to agile ceremonies like planning, including sizing stories, parsing user stories into tasks etc.
  • Ensure continued improvement through conducting regular retrospective reviews and executing high priority actions that emerge

   

  Required profile

  • Engineer or Master Degree in a technical field (e.g. Computer Science, Computer Engineering).
  • At least 5+ years of relevant work experience, preferably within the banking industry
  • Experienced in using the Java and Microsoft stack, familiar with front end technologies. You will primarily be working with:
  • Oracle, MS SQL, SSRS / Power BI
  • Tomcat, JBoss and other web servers
  • Spring Boot, REST APIs
  • Angular, JavaScript, HTML, CSS (understanding of web security is required)
  • Maven, Gradle, Git, Azure DevOps
  • Knowledge of Temenos Transact or other core banking packages is a big plus
  • Familiar with Agile delivery methodologies (SAFe)
  • Good understanding of the business context (Wealth Management, Financial Services)
  • Fluent in English, both written and verbal, German a big plus
  • Fast learner and eager to take on new challenges
  • Motivated, reliable, flexible and willing to take on additional responsibilities
  • Professional, client and team oriented with a positive work ethic

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Scala Developer – Switzerland

Written by iManila Dev on November 22, 2021. Posted in IT, Jobs, Switzerland

You will be part of the IT Development department, responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining key business applications and
services on our highly-specialized investment product management platform. We value Agility (through SCRUM), Technology (through a
modern micro-services platform built with functional programming in Scala) and Collaboration.
Thanks to a fluid and concentrated organization, frequent communication with end-users and internal training on the investment product
domain you will provide concrete and robust technology solutions to our clients, partners and users.

 YOUR TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES
Deliver high quality solutions in tight timeframes to meet demanding customer requirements
Work closely with business and other IT units to gather and understand requirements
Contribute to software and architectural design decisions
Contribute to a robust automated test suite to work in a continuous integration / continuous deployment environment
Become involved in the internal DevOps and Scala guilds, building relationships with other developers and identifying / implementing best
practices
Maintain close interaction with the business on very diverse topics: front-end portals to management of long-maturity life insurance products

Nice-to-have
Financial background in either banking or the insurance industry
Cloud migration activities either Public or Private
Experience of working with design thinking techniques in iterative sprints is an advantage to this role
CQRS and event sourcing hands on experience
Knowledge of server-less architecture would be a benefit
DevOps experience configuration management, containers, virtualisation, continuous integration and deployment
Practical experience with Google Cloud Platform
Akka / Akka Persistence / Akka HTTP / Akka Streams
Cats / FS2
Slick
Kafka / event streaming pipelines
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS
Jenkins

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