A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing. An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents.With a history spanning over 225 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody. We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.“Rethink Everything” is our philosophy – it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.Business Risk Manager - LO PatrimoniaLO Patrimonia is an entity of Lombard Odier Group providing wealth planning and fiduciary services. With a team of some thirty experts whose skills cover Switzerland, the main European jurisdictions and other regions of the world, LO Patrimonia serves clients of the Lombard Odier Group exclusively. To cope with a growing and challenging regulatory environment, we are looking for a Risk and Control Officer.The person will maintain an operational risk control plan and perform controls to ensure LO Patrimonia complies with its regulatory obligations and mitigates risks in accordance with Lombard Odier Group’s requirements. This includes the improvement of operational efficiency of tools and processes.The person will work closely with LO Patrimonia’s management and legal/compliance responsible person as well as collaborate with other departments of Lombard Odier Group in the field of risk, operational and technology management.YOUR MISSIONMaintain LO Patrimonia’s risk control environment including governance, risk committee and reportings in accordance with Group Risk’s requirementsMonitor activities and perform and/or consolidate controls for the risk committeePerform controls to monitor LO Patrimonia’s compliancy with regulatory obligationsAct as data ownerAct as Business Risk Manager and support LO Patrimonia’s management to comply with Lombard Odier Group Risk’ requirementsCoordinate Internal Audit requests with relevant stakeholders and implement recommendationsManage the delivery of multiple projects requested by LO Patrimonia’s management or legal/compliance responsible person from initial analysis to implementationCollaborate to wider legal and regulatory projects initiated from other departments of the Lombard Odier Group and with the assistance of the department in charge of operations and organization.YOUR PROFILEMinimum 5 years of relevant work experience in banking or fiduciary environment in a similar role or equivalentGood knowledge of regulatory requirements of Swiss Law, specifically FINMA’s circulars on AML and risk topics, corporate law, AMLA, FADP and cross-border rules (soft law)Good experience in the fields of compliance and risk researches and controlsKnowledge of SQL language and overall understanding of IT hardware and software in order to be able to exchange with IT persons and popularize for non IT personsProficient level with Microsoft office tools, especially Excel, Powerpoint, Adobe acrobat and ability to self-learn other applicationsVersatile, analytical, long term oriented, good interpersonal skills, willing to learn, tenacious, team player and communicatorFluent in French and EnglishResident in SwitzerlandOur Maison’s DNA is defined by five core values. Excellence drives us to be the best at what we do, while Innovation fuels our progress. Respect underpins every interaction, and Integrity shapes our actions. Together, we are One Team, united in serving our clients with unwavering dedication.As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote a diverse and inclusive work environment for our employees and candidates. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are woven into the fabric of our Maison’s DNA, and we strive to ensure that our employees can fulfill both their personal and professional aspirations by encouraging internal mobility and individual upskilling programs. We firmly believe that building Diverse Teams contributes to our successes and to deliver on this, we actively embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our business strategy.It is an exciting time to join our Teams. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence.
