Compliance Specialist – Compliance Officer (m/f) with a focus on FATCA/AIA/QI 60 - 100%
Berner Kantonalbank AG
Bern-Bundesplatz
Key information
- Publication date:14 August 2025
- Workload:60 – 100%
- Place of work:Bern-Bundesplatz
Job summary
Join BEKB as a Compliance Specialist, enhancing our services. Embrace a collaborative work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Ensure compliance with FATCA/QI regulations effectively.
- Monitor AIA/FATCA documentation for individuals and entities.
- Conduct 2nd-line controls and train front-line staff on processes.
Skills
- Experience in compliance within financial services is essential.
- Strong knowledge of AIA/FATCA/QI regulations required.
- Fluent in German, preferably French, both written and spoken.
Is this helpful?
We are constantly developing new ideas to improve ourselves and our services. Our subject matter experts are the driving forces in this process.
Are you at home in the world of compliance? Then you are exactly the right person for this exciting position as a Compliance Specialist, where you will take your team to the next level and significantly shape BEKB. Let your ideas grow with us; together we offer more than banking.
Our team "Compliance Money Laundering Specialist" is responsible for 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, and questions regarding cross-border business relationships.
How you inspire
- You ensure compliance with the legal and regulatory FATCA/QI/QI requirements
- You monitor the AIA/FATCA documentation for natural and legal persons and process AIA/FATCA indicators
- You prepare the annual AIA/FATCA reporting
- You work on projects to implement adjustments or new tax regulations
- You conduct 2nd-line IKS controls and train front staff, and you participate in editing instructions, manuals, workflows, and guidelines, documenting processes and workflows
What you bring
- You have proven professional experience in the compliance field 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 technical college degree or equivalent banking-related training and education
- You are a committed personality who likes to take initiatives, thinks entrepreneurially, and shapes change. You are willing to take responsibility and may already have some experience in the digitization of compliance topics and data analysis
- You are proficient in German and preferably also in French, both spoken and written
We are committed to you!
- Promotion of 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: You culture - open - personal - team-oriented
Martin Flury
HR Business Partner
Your BEKB
For pathfinders, 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 clients are always at the forefront 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 for further education and career opportunities . Our open and positive corporate culture is at the forefront. Trust, commitment, and sustainability are firmly anchored in our values; diversity , collaboration, and humor are part of our DNA.