Senior Manager / Manager Regulatory & Compliance 80-100%

Senior Manager / Manager Regulatory & Compliance (w/m/d) 80-100% Working at BDO Unique. Versatile. Ambitious. With over 40 locations in Switzerland, we offer you a working environment characterized by local connection and international professionalism. Together we create sustainable growth, promote diversity, and take responsibility. A strong We-culture, attractive benefits, and predictable flexibility promote our mutual development and enable you to unfold your full potential. Your next career step with BDO. Do you know the regulatory challenges of the Swiss financial market and want to not only be responsible for demanding mandates but also actively help shape the market? For the further expansion of our Regulatory & Compliance area, we are looking for an entrepreneurial-minded specialist and leadership personality who combines sound regulatory expertise with strong customer orientation, visible market presence, and active business development. In this key position, you will advise demanding financial institutions, develop employees professionally, and further develop our service offering. At the same time, you will strategically expand existing customer relationships, win new mandates, and represent BDO as a competent voice at specialist events, networking platforms, and customer events, as well as through presentations and specialist publications. In this way, you will make a decisive contribution to the professional further development of our Regulatory & Compliance team, to a continuously filled customer pipeline, and to the sustainable growth of BDO. Senior Manager / Manager Regulatory & Compliance (w/m/d) 80-100% What you will do Advisory and mandate responsibility You advise financial institutions such as banks, securities houses, FinTechs, insurance companies, collective investment schemes, independent asset managers, and financial intermediaries in all financial market law and regulatory matters You lead demanding consulting projects as well as mandates and bear responsibility for their professional quality and economic success You are responsible for regulatory issues within the framework of supervisory audits and are a central contact person for our auditors specializing in financial institutions You accompany financial institutions in authorization procedures before FINMA, the FMA Liechtenstein, and other authorities You support customers in audits, investigations, and enforcements in connection with FINMA proceedings You work interdisciplinary with our experts from the fields of auditing, fiduciary, tax advisory, and legal advisory and support them with regulatory issues You support employees in their professional development Market presence and business development You observe regulatory developments and derive new consulting offers and market activities from them You position yourself and BDO as a visible and competent contact person for Regulatory & Compliance and represent BDO at specialist conferences, networking events, and customer events You convey regulatory developments through convincing presentations, specialist articles, and practical customer formats. You maintain and expand your network, proactively approach existing as well as potential customers, and develop new business opportunities from them You expand customer relationships through targeted up- and cross-selling, win new mandates, and thus contribute to a sustainable customer pipeline What you need to succeed You have a master's degree in law from a Swiss university An attorney's license and/or further training such as CAS or MAS in the field of financial market regulation, compliance, risk management, or corporate governance are an advantage You bring at least eight years of relevant experience in legal, regulatory, and/or compliance consulting - ideally in a Big4 or consulting company You have sound knowledge of Swiss financial market regulation, particularly in several of the following areas: FIDLEG, FINIG, GwG, KAG, banking law, insurance supervisory law, cross-border, DLT/blockchain, outsourcing, corporate governance, risk management, and IKS Knowledge of Liechtenstein and European financial market regulation is a great plus You bring demonstrable experience in winning, developing, and economically managing demanding consulting mandates and move confidently in dealing with decision-makers as well as other demanding stakeholders You possess strong leadership and coaching skills and know how to build and specifically develop high-performance teams You recognize and develop business opportunities with initiative and entrepreneurial flair and take reliable responsibility for your mandates, your team, and your market activities You have a resilient network in the Swiss financial market and enjoy actively maintaining and developing it You convince with professional credibility, customer orientation, and acquisition strength, enjoy appearing externally, and convey regulatory topics effectively You have business-fluent German skills at level C1/C2 as well as very good English skills; French and/or Italian skills are an advantage What we offer Work-Life Balance Annual working hours with flexible working times 6 weeks vacation (with the option to buy or sell 1 week more) Home office / location-independent working possible Possibility of unpaid leave (sabbatical) Work-Life Balance – for us not an empty phrase, but lived everyday reality Versatile activities Insight into vari...