Legal and Governance Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Provide within guidelines and policies independent and specialist support to internal and external customers about legal and governance services and tools.

• Identify and evaluate the impact of risks propose mitigations and controls participate in risk assessments as part of the Legal & Compliance representation.

• Execute several supporting legal and governance activities mainly on public affairs compliance regulatory affairs board and oversight matters within fixed guidelines and policies.

• Demonstrate awareness of policies processes and procedures and provide requirements for improvements where appropriate and draft new policies and processes within the scope of responsibilities.

• Develop and maintain contacts with internal and external stakeholders (counsels/suppliers/lawyers/public administrations/regulators/etc) contacts to get a sound understanding of the company needs and procedures and to communicate accordingly.

• Provide horizontal training and awareness

• Deliver and implement projects in own area of responsibility within defined budgets with challenging deadlines and requirements. Projects may involve input from other specialists from own or other division.

• Coordinate and control the maintenance of Legal department documentation and/or its own areas of expertise.

• Support less experienced colleagues and act as back up.

What You Need to Succeed

• Academic degree in law and/or business administration (preferably in compliance or legal)

• At least 5 years of related working experience

• Familiar with financial supervisory frameworks Compliance / KYC processes
• Knowledge of financial markets and of Swifts role and products are a plus

• Fluency in English (both spoken and written)

• Strong attention to detail and the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders

• Ability to manage tasks in a fast-paced high-volume environment with tight deadlines

• Experience with compliance tools and software (e.g. Salesforce SAP PEGA Confluence JIRA) is an advantage

• A team player - collaborative engaged service-minded proactive and able to support team objectives

What we offer

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals like you with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyones voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation related to accessibility during your application or interview please contact or indicate this in your application.

Please note that this mailbox is not monitored for general recruitment enquiries and should only be used for accessibility or accommodation-related requests (for example related to vision hearing or neurodiversity).

All requests are confidential and will not affect your candidacy.

Dont meet every single requirement At Swift we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team so if you are excited about this role we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.