Legal Expert Regulation & Policy (m/f/d)
Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht (FINMA)
Bern
Key information
- Publication date:08 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
Join FINMA, the Swiss financial market regulator, in a dynamic role. Contribute to regulatory projects while enjoying a supportive work culture.
Tasks
- Lead and support regulatory initiatives with specialized expertise.
- Monitor regulatory developments nationally and internationally.
- Collaborate on cross-agency regulatory projects and strategies.
Skills
- Law degree, ideally with additional qualifications like a doctorate.
- Strong knowledge of financial market law and relevant experience.
- Excellent analytical, conceptual, and editorial skills required.
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You lead and support regulatory projects of FINMA and contribute the expertise of the financial market supervision to national legislative projects.
Main tasks
- Participation in current policy and regulatory initiatives across the entire field of financial market law
- Monitoring regulatory developments in the financial sector in a national and international context
- Collaboration in cross-departmental FINMA-internal and inter-authority national regulatory projects
- Development of regulatory options and formulation of ordinance and circular texts, accompanying materials as well as contributions to laws and ordinances at the federal level
- Support of hearings and ex-post analyses of FINMA regulations and representation of FINMA vis-à-vis the private sector and other federal offices
- Support of specialists in supervisory areas in policy and regulatory matters
- Participation in the development and implementation of FINMA's strategy for supervision and regulation of the Swiss financial center
Profile
- Lawyer, preferably with additional qualifications (e.g. bar exam, doctorate, LL.M.)
- Knowledge of financial market law
- Relevant professional experience in administration, a law firm, banking or insurance environment
- Good knowledge of constitutional and political processes at the federal level as well as project work
- Proven analytical, conceptual and editorial skills
- Initiative, independence, enthusiasm for shaping and teamwork
- Very good German skills (C2) with good knowledge of another official language and good English skills
Perspectives
Fabio Pelliccia will be happy to provide information.
FINMA supervises the Swiss financial market. It protects the interests of investors, creditors and insured persons and contributes with its supervision to the stability and competitiveness of financial market participants. More than 700 competent and motivated employees are committed to this every day.
We offer you a position in the Supervisory Policy and Legal Expertise business area as
