Swiss Private Bank and Wealth Management Lawyer - 6 Month Fixed-Term Contract

Job Description Purpose of the role To ensure that the activities in the Private Bank manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate 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