Compliance Officer (Switzerland)

Who we are

Optiver is an international and innovative proprietary trading firm. We deal with highly-automated electronic market making activities. With offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, and Shanghai, we are currently in the process of finalising the setup of our new office in Switzerland. Employing around 600 talented individuals from over 30 nationalities, we trade in more than 20 countries, across 5 continents, 24 hours a day.

Optiver is operating in an increasingly complex and fast developing regulatory environment. The Compliance function is mandated to help safeguarding compliant business conduct and to manage regulatory challenges. The compliance teams advise on regulatory developments and risks with respect to Optiver's strategic objectives and on-going business activities. As an independent control, Compliance also identifies, assesses, monitors and reports on all aspects of compliance risks and works with all areas of business and management to resolve regulatory issues.

Office Switzerland

Optiver plans to expand its activities to a new office in Switzerland in 2013. To support the activities in our new office, we are looking for experts in IT, Compliance, Risk, Finance, Mid Office and HR who can make a real impact to help Optiver grow further.

You’ll be working within a startup environment, while being part of a professional international trading company with around 27 years of knowledge and expertise. Together with a small team, you’ll get the chance to make our new office a success.

What you’ll do

As the Compliance Officer of our newly established office in Switzerland, you will design and execute the compliance programme and develop and arrange for the implementation of appropriate controls and measures to mitigate regulatory risks. You will advise management and the business on all regulatory aspects and communicate with the regulator.

As our new Compliance Officer you will further focus on:

What you’ll need

We are looking for people with an entrepreneurial and hands-on attitude that can take ownership and excel in a startup environment were a high level of self-responsibility is needed.

In addition, you can recognise yourself in the following profile:

We are looking for somebody that is willing to start on a short notice and would possibly be available to start initially at our Amsterdam office. You will then move to our Swiss office that is now in setup and is expected to go live end of 2013. 

Our Culture

No suits, no ties and no red tape. Our culture is one of our most valuable assets; result-driven, open and informal, team-based, ambitious and exceedingly flexible, whilst striving for professionalism within all our departments.

We give our employees the flexibility to be innovative, research their ideas and act upon them. Our working environment is ideal for ambitious and talented people who enjoy a challenge. Despite the independent nature of our profession, we are a very team-oriented company.

What you’ll get

A short overview of our benefits: Attractive reward package, commuting expenses paid, a pension scheme, great responsibility, training opportunities and relocation packages. In addition, we can offer you the possibility to work in Amsterdam, the USA or Australia.

Interested?

Apply directly via the button below for the Compliance Officer position. Please provide us with a CV and letter of motivation in English. For more information contact Kim Ruijer (Recruiter) on +31 (0)20 708 7000.

An assessment can be part of the application procedure.

August 15, 2013 • Tags:  • Posted in: Financial

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