Onboarding Specialist Full Time

Crypto Finance, a FINMA-regulated financial institution and a member of Deutsche Börse Group, offers professional digital asset solutions. This includes one of the first FINMA-approved investment firms with 24/7 brokerage services, custody, infrastructure, and tokenisation solutions for financial institutions, as well as the first FINMA-approved manager of collective assets for crypto assets, with an active, rules-based and index-based alternative investment fund offering, including the first Swiss crypto fund. With a team of over 100 employees, Crypto Finance is headquartered in Switzerland, and has a regional presence in Singapore and Frankfurt. Since its founding in 2017, the company has received numerous awards, including Crypto Valley Top 50 Blockchain Company, Top 100 Swiss Start-up, and winner of the Swiss FinTech Award 2019.

Crypto Finance is looking for a commercially orientated compliance professional to own, improve, and execute our compliance processes from within our business development teams.

The Sales and Partnerships teams are the first line of defence when it comes to client and counterparty onboardings. We are looking for a dynamic professional to assist us in owning the onboarding process, which includes engaging with clients and internal teams to ensure the efficient and compliant onboarding of institutional clients and partners (including crypto native and traditional providers).

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within a dynamic team, to drive improvements within our business, and will be responsible for ensuring excellent process and documentation quality.

The starting date is September 1, 2022 in our new office in the Prime Tower in Zurich.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the institutional sales and partnerships teams in compliance matters in daily business, and be the subject matter expert within the team
• Liaise between the business development and compliance teams to ensure onboardings are handled in an expedited and professional manner
• Educate and train employees across the organisation on compliance matters and industry practices to ensure efficient knowledge transfer
• Own the onboarding process of institutional clients and counterparties, including client engagement, review of documentation and information, and the utilisation of AML/KYC/CFT and sanctions screening tools
• Own and manage all aspects of the CRM that are related to onboarding and/or periodic reviews
• Own the monitoring and periodic review process of institutional clients and counterparties, with an emphasis on efficiency while adhering to applicable frameworks and guidelines
• Identify opportunities for process optimisation and efficiency gains, from fully electronic onboardings to CRM plugins

Your profile:

• 3 to 5 years of experience at a traditional bank in a compliance role or at an audit or consulting company that provides compliance services to regulated financial intermediaries
• Onboarding, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening , and similar compliance related experience
• Keen interest and personal experience with cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology
• Fluent in English and German

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in law, finance, business administration, or similar
• Crypto related compliance experience, such as wallet whitelisting and risk monitoring for digital assets
• Familiarity with crypto related compliance tools, e.g. Coinfirm, Chainalysis, Coinbase Analytics, Elliptic, or similar
• Understanding of the ongoing evolution within compliance, FinTech, and RegTech, as well as digital assets and blockchain

What we offer:

• Join an international, fast-paced blockchain and fintech team with experienced industry leaders
• Work at the forefront of an inspiring, dynamic new sector in B2B finance with digital assets
• Be part of our friendly, knowledge-sharing, entrepreneurial culture with a flat hierarchy
• Work in a role that gives you responsibility and independence
• Work with the latest technology, and be part of a highly skilled team
• An international office environment including regular social events
• A central working place in the heart of Zurich

Please note:

• We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies
• Due to Swiss labour legislation, we can only accept applicants who have the right to work in Switzerland (are in possession of a Swiss work permit or are EU/EFTA citizens). All other applications will not be considered.