SG Zurich Branch (CIB) provides innovative financial solutions, advisory services and capital market products serving the needs of its corporate, institutional and private clients. Present in Switzerland since 1927 SGCIB Zurich Branch offers local and cross-border expertise providing a full range of financial services to its clients with a particular focus on securities, services to foreign funds, trade finance and cash management services.

Mission:

• You will be part of the KYC/AML hub based in Zurich, that covers the client Onboarding andReview for all business lines of the Swiss and German branches of Société Générale Paris

• The position requires a natural interest and curiosity to learn about financial markets and bankingactivities and the ability to reprioritize tasks in order to enhance our service to the client andinternal stakeholders

• Be a single point of contact between the business lines, compliance and management

• Facilitate new clients onboarding / existing clients management: perform due diligence controls,write risk assessments, validate / update client profiles

Internship duration: 18 months

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Exposure to a very dynamic and international working environment

• Great team spirit, one of our core principles

• The chance to learn about all aspects of corporate and investment banking in a support function dealing with business lines across three countries: trade commodity finance, cash management, structured products and derivatives, bond issuance, securities services, project and real estate finance, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs etc.

• Work closely with stakeholders in a small branch as well as globally across the international bank

• Facilitate the Onboarding of new clients and the Review of existing clients in Switzerland and Germany, by adhering to global AML policies and guidelines, as well as respecting all associated local, tax or other regulatory requirements

• Perform due diligence controls in relation to the identification and reputation of prospects (Onboarding) and clients (Review) including associated parties (directors, shareholders, beneficial owners) using internal, public and paid sources

• Perform a risk assessment as part of the analysis and document a formalized opinion, by focusing on the presence of potential reputational, PEP and sanction risks, as well as commenting on the purpose of the client relationship, and highlighting any other identified issues (e.g. documentation), to ensure the bank remains vigilant in the fight against money laundering and meets its regulatory obligations

• Validate/update the client profile in the referential systems to reflect the KYC assessment

• Provide advice and support to the business lines, compliance and management to ensure a smooth functioning of the KYC processes

• Perform other KYC/AML support functions, such as: filtering of PEP individuals