Compliance Specialist – Compliance Officer (a) with focus on FATCA/AIA/QI 60 - 100%
Berner Kantonalbank AG (BEKB | BCBE)
Bern-Bundesplatz
Key information
- Publication date:28 August 2025
- Workload:60 – 100%
- Place of work:Bern-Bundesplatz
Job summary
Join BEKB as a Compliance Specialist in a dynamic team! Enjoy a supportive work environment with growth opportunities.
Tasks
- Ensure compliance with FATCA/QI regulations and guidelines.
- Monitor AIA/FATCA documentation for individuals and entities.
- Conduct 2nd-line controls and train front staff on compliance.
Skills
- Relevant experience in compliance within a financial services firm.
- Strong knowledge of AIA/FATCA/QI regulations.
- Fluent in German and preferably French.
Is this helpful?
We are constantly developing new ideas to improve ourselves and our services. Our experts are the driving forces in this process.
Are you at home in the world of compliance? Then you are the right person for this exciting position as a Compliance Specialist where you will take your team to the next level and help shape BEKB decisively. Let your ideas grow with us, together we offer more than banking.
Our team "Compliance Anti-Money Laundering Unit" is responsible for ensuring compliance with due diligence obligations regarding the fight against risks in the area of money laundering and terrorist financing, compliance with regulations in the area of FATCA/AIA/QI, compliance with sanctions, as well as questions regarding cross-border business relationships.
How you enthusiastically
- Ensure compliance with the legal and regulatory FATCA/QI/QI requirements
- Monitor the AIA/FATCA documentation for natural and legal persons and process AIA/FATCA indicators
- Prepare the annual AIA/FATCA reporting
- Participate in projects to implement adjustments or new tax regulations
- Conduct 2nd-line IKS controls and train front-line employees, participate in editing instructions, manuals, workflows and guidelines, and document processes and procedures
What you bring
- You have proven professional experience in the compliance area in a financial services company, solid know-how with a focus on AIA/FATCA/QI and knowledge of the relevant regulations
- You have a university or university of applied sciences degree or equivalent banking professional training and further education
- You are a committed personality who likes to take initiatives, thinks entrepreneurially and helps shape change. You like to take responsibility and may already have initial experience in the digitization of compliance topics and data analysis
- You master the German language as well as preferably the French language fluently in spoken and written form
We are committed to you!
- Support for your individual development needs, both in terms of time and finances
- Flexible working arrangements (part-time, job sharing, home office, annual working hours)
- Between 25 – 30 vacation days per year
- Sustainable compensation: no individual bonuses, but profit sharing for all employees
- How we interact: informal culture - open – personal – team-oriented
Martin Flury
HR Business Partner
Your BEKB
For pioneers, bridge builders and future shapers: The BEKB Group has a lot to offer you as an employer – far more than banking. In the Bern/Solothurn region, we advise and support private and corporate clients with innovative financial services. The needs of our customers are always the focus of our daily work. With our IT subsidiary aity AG, we create the right technical conditions for this.
The well-being of our employees is close to our hearts. We promote young and experienced talents in their development, advocate for individual and flexible working arrangements, and pave the way for our employees to training and career opportunities . Our open and positive corporate culture is at the forefront. Trust, commitment and sustainability are firmly anchored with us; diversity , collaboration and humor are part of our DNA.
About the company
Berner Kantonalbank AG (BEKB | BCBE)
Bern-Bundesplatz
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- Salary and benefits4.5
- Career opportunities4.5
- Working atmosphere5.0