Job Description

Purpose of the role

To ensure that the activities in the Private Bank & Wealth Management division are conducted in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal and reputational risks associated with these activities. 

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies to manage risk related to non-adherence of laws, rules and regulations.

• Legal advice and support to the bank's Private Bank & Wealth Management division on matters arising from the investment, credit and banking products/services provided by the Private Bank & Wealth Management division.

• Subject matter support in the Legal department’s representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to Private Bank & Wealth Management activities, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.

• Creation and review of legal documents for the Private Bank & Wealth Management division to ensure the bank’s adherence with applicable laws, rules and regulations.  Maintaining and updating form legal documentation for the investment Private Bank & Wealth Management division.

• Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws and regulations that may impact the bank's Private Bank & Wealth Management activities.

• Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to the Private Bank & Wealth Management division.

• Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..

• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..

• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..

• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.

• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.

• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.

• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.

• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.

• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.

• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.

• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

We are excited to offer a six-month maternity cover opportunity within the Barclays Bank Suisse S.A. (BBSA) Legal team in Geneva. The BBSA Legal team provides comprehensive legal support to the Barclays Private Bank business in Switzerland, advising across a broad range of activities including investments (advisory, discretionary portfolio management and structured products), credit (securities-backed lending and mortgages) and banking matters. As part of a close-knit four-person team, the successful candidate will also gain exposure to a diverse range of legal issues, including litigation, data privacy and banking secrecy, cross border, financial crime, and employment matters.

The role offers the opportunity to work closely with front-line business colleagues as well as partners in COO, Compliance and Risk functions, providing practical, commercially focused legal advice. In addition, the successful candidate will be part of the wider global Private Bank & Wealth Management Legal team, offering exposure to an international network of legal professionals and a broad range of strategic initiatives.

Essential Skills:

• Swiss law qualified or Swiss lawyer
• Extensive experience of providing legal advice to a Private Bank and/or Wealth Management business within the financial services sector. 
• Deep understanding of Swiss financial services regulation.

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Experienced in covering financial services businesses in Switzerland.
• Consistently delivers against a broad range of competing priorities.
• Proactively collaborates across different teams both within and beyond Legal to break down silos.
• Solutions orientated, proactive, and delivers legal advice in an intelligible way.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in your role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Location: Geneva