At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.

Julius Baer is the leading Swiss private banking group with a focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients and a premium brand in global wealth management. That is why a comprehensive range of services and first-class service quality are essential – as are the committed teams that provide them.

Group Internal Audit (GIA) is an independent function that provides assurance to the Board of Directors and to the Audit Committee. We conduct our work by assessing the Bank’s ability to manage and control risks and advise the functions on how to enhance their risk management capabilities. We report directly to the Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee.

We are looking for a full time (100%) Auditor supporting the GIA Project Assurance Team based in Zürich (Head Quarter).

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Support the GIA Project Assurance Team to extend and further develop the project assurance methodology and the mandate given to GIA

• Execute project assurance assignments and other related assignments in Switzerland including supervision and management of similar projects abroad in coordination and collaboration with local Heads of Internal Audit, GIA team members and stakeholders for material renewal or change programs

• Complete assignments on time, within budget and in line with the applicable standards and methodology

• Discuss identified weaknesses and findings with the Project Assurance Team Head and relevant stakeholders and recommend feasible and value-adding actions supporting effective remediation of risks and improving processes and systems

• Prepare project review reports and follow-up on the implementation of the ‘agreed actions’ and/or conduct audit verifications

• Work in interdisciplinary teams (i.e., integrated process assurance assignments with other specialists such as IT, Risk Management, Markets, Data Analytics, IWMS or Private Banking etc. driving improvements in integrated reviews via close communication with business and audit peers)

• Ability to interact with a variety of stakeholders, build trusted partnerships, deliver sound opinion and present relevant solutions

• Support special tasks (e.g., ad hoc analysis and investigations)

• Share best practices and contribute to process and methodology improvements

• Stay actively informed on regulatory changes, bank internal developments and contribute directly to the project assurance and indirectly to audit risk assessments

• Contribute to the positive ‘One Team’ spirit. Motivate, support and coach team members

YOUR PROFILE

• Robust project management, audit and assurance experience in the internal or external audit function in the financial industry, preferably with focus on Wealth Management and Private Banking (minimum 5 years)

• Experience in Agile project environment and/or as a Scrum Master

• University degree or similar in Economics, Information Technology, Banking, Finance or similar

• Certification in project management, quality and organizational excellence and/or scaled agile for enterprises are a plus

• Experience in reviewing internal control systems and related processes and controls, front-to-back is an asset

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and German. Good knowledge of one additional and relevant language is a plus

• Good knowledge of core banking applications such as Temenos are a plus

• Good knowledge of MS Office and affinity for data analysis and its application to business/risk related questions

• Structured, goal-oriented work approach with strong analytical skills and experience in applying such skills to audit and project assurance related questions.

• A positive, forward-thinking personality and can-do attitude with a dedicated interest towards renewal or change topics in a wealth management, private banking environment.

• Flexible and committed team player with the ability to lead and independently execute project assurance assignments, also under pressure reporting to the Head of Group Internal Audit

• Fast learner and active listener with strong interpersonal communication skills

• Personal integrity

• Ability and willingness to travel abroad for 2 to 3 weeks per year on an as need basis

We are looking forward to receiving your full job application through our online application tool.