Compliance Officer

Our client a respected company in the investment industry is looking for a Compliance Officer to join a team based in Zurich.

You will be supporting both compliance advisory and the monitoring and testing of controls across a global trading business. This role offers broad exposure across asset classes and provides the opportunity to work closely with investment, trading, and business teams while contributing to the ongoing development of our compliance framework.

Key tasks include:

• Conduct targeted and thematic reviews, identifying gaps and supporting remediation of control weaknesses
• Partner with investment and trading teams to provide day-to-day compliance advisory across trading activity and market conduct
•  Provide clear, practical guidance on regulatory requirements and support the implementation of regulatory change

•  Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Law, Finance, Economics or similar); professional compliance qualifications (e.g. ICA, CISI or equivalent) are advantageous
• 6+ years’ compliance experience within a hedge fund, asset manager, or investment bank
• You must have experience in product Advisory SME in either Crypto, Commodities or Fixed Income
• Strong knowledge and proven expertise of Swiss regulatory requirements, particularly FINMA
• Hands-on experience in compliance testing and monitoring, with a clear focus on these activities
• Onsite 5 days a week is required in the Zurich office
• Languages: English fluent and ideally German is highly preferred