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• Working as part of the Client Documentation Team which covers the onboarding of Swiss, US, LatAm and the Caribbean clients. Likewise, specific or special client onboardings of the EMEA region are handled. • Responsible for end-to-end client openings: KYC and Enhanced Due Diligence proceduresand assessments, issuing contracts, and preparing high-risk assessments presented to the Risk Committee• Interaction with and servicing of the front office and different departments in Switzerland and international locations• Involvement in the preparation of Compliance Reports to the Board of Directors• Responsible for approvals and documentation of new brokers, OTC derivatives, crypto exchanges, and new users of Leonteq’s digital marketplace of structured products• Training of new team members, developing and implementing different compliance process manuals, and creating content for the internal Client Documentation webpage

• Working as part of the First Line of Defense Support (FLDS) Germany and Austria Team within the IWM division.• Reviewing the KYC profiles of existing clients as part of a KYC remediation project, including analysis of flow of funds, assessment of available documentation, etc.

• Working in a compliance review project at a major financial institution in the area of special investigations with focus on the identification of legal and reputational risks• Processing and analyzing of English, German and Spanish language data as part of the on-site review project concerning a preliminary investigation launched by FINMA

• Working as part of an interdisciplinary team in a large project in the area of international legal assistance and compliance• Processing and analysis of English and German language data• Creation of memoranda and reports

MA Module: The Policy ProcessMy duties included: delivering teaching to two groups of approx. 20 students each; pastoral care of students; one to one advice on particular pieces of work; seminar preparation; and, marking assessed work.

• 09/2018 – 12/2018 BA Module: POL106 – Introduction to International Relations• 01/2018 – 04/2018 MA Module: POLM068 - Implementation and Evaluation - Teaching Assistant in the distance learning version of the module. The main tasks were administering and moderating the weekly discussion forum; and, answering students' questions.• 10/2017 – 11/2017 BA Module: POL388 - The Research Project! - Teaching Assistant in five out of ten sessions of the POL388 module: Doing the Literature Review; Interviews and Research Ethics; Case Studies and Comparative Method; Analyzing Texts; and, Doing the Presentation. The module was designed to support undergraduates to conduct research and to produce their dissertation. I supported in running activities and answering questions onsite.

Development and set up of a company glossary for Search Engine Optimization of the website in English and Spanish, event project management and support on daily tasks (such as handling merchandise, online research, contact list maintenance, etc.)

Intern at the Corruption and Economic Crime Branch.

•Intern assisting in drafting letters of acceptance, dismissal or prevention of claim, scheduling audiences, etc.