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Compliance Officer

Inseriert am: 07.03.2019

VP Bank Group is an internationally positioned private bank. It specialises in asset management services for intermediaries and private individuals. VP Bank is one of the largest banks in the Liechtenstein financial centre. In addition to its main offices in Liechtenstein, VP Bank Group is present in five other locations throughout the world: Switzerland, Luxembourg, British Virgin Islands, Singapore and Hong Kong.


Your Challenge



  • Performing the due diligence on new clients, requesting the KYC information, documentation, review and verification of received documentation and making an analytical risk assessment for new clients in order to ensure consistency with applicable regulations and guidelines, tax agreements and other legal and contractual guidelines

  • Periodical evaluation of existing clients according to established policies and procedures

  • Periodical review of KYC records as to completeness, including verifying that due diligence has been performed and that client due diligence standards are complied with

  • Investigating high risk clients and reporting where necessary, including Politically Exposed Persons

  • Communicate effectively and efficiently with relevant internal parties to obtain KYC documents

  • Have a thorough understanding of client’s business and related parties in order to monitor client’s activities for unusual transactions

  • Perform further investigation on identified suspicious client and client’s transactions and report to the Chief compliance officer

  • Providing advice on AML/CTF and KYC/CDD matters to the Client Facing Employees


Your Profile



  • Bachelor degree in law / business studies / finance or related disciplines

  • Prior working experience in banking / audit firm and knowledge of the processes in a bank (ideally in the private banking sector)

  • Prior compliance experience and knowledge of the relevant regulatory requirements

  • You enjoy both working independently but as well in a team and with other departments

  • You are customer oriented and show a high degree of integrity and reliability

  • You are efficient in providing solutions and have excellent analytical abilities

  • You are fluent in English (verbally and in writing), have a knowledge in German, any Scandinavian language is an asset

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Your next steps


Interested? If so, please get in touch with the following contact persons:


Anna Wiemer


HR Consultant

+352 404 770 210

Yvonne Scheuermann


Local Head of Human Resources

+352 404 770 204

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