All candidates applying for employment with the BSTDB should be fluent in written and spoken English and have strong Microsoft Office skills.

It is the BSTDB’s policy to offer equal employment opportunities to qualified candidates regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, or disabilities.

Position Purpose

Under the general technical supervision of the Head, DCR, the Senior Officer provides support in the processes related to the effective management of the compliance risks faced by the bank.

Key Functions and Responsibilities

The Senior Officer assists with the following tasks:

• KYC/integrity issues relating to the bank’s operations;
• integrity and compliance-related requests from third parties;
• requirements of the Bank’s Code of Conduct;
• cross-border domiciliation-related requirements of operations;
• internal and external investigations;
• requirements of international regulations;
• participating in investigations of internal and external fraud cases;
• training of staff on compliance risk-related issues;
• drafting and updating rules for DCR;
• Review of rules of other units;
• Performance of compliance reviews of the bank’s activities.

Competencies

• Professionalism: maintains a level of expertise and professional knowledge commensurate with the respective position and job description;
• Results orientation: demonstrates the ability for achieving results against an internal or external standard of excellence;
• Communication and interaction with impact: Transfers efficiently and effectively information and messages, wields effective tactics for persuasion;
• Client/stakeholder orientation – ensures appropriate service of a high standard to internal and/or external customers and develops constructive and sustainable business/customer relationships;
• Teamwork: effectively cooperates with others, aiming at the achievement of team objectives;
• Cultural sensitivity/diversity: supports and promotes an environment that holds opportunities for all, regardless of race, gender, culture, and age;
• Integrity: maintains standards of objectivity, independence, and discretion. Behaves ethically and in consistency with institutional core values;
• Accountability: exhibits a strong sense of responsibility for one’s work and resulting consequences;
• Innovation and change: is open to and applies novel ideas and thinking to improve processes, methods, systems, or services. Accepts and adapts to changes;
• Critical thinking: clarifies goals, examines assumptions, evaluates evidence, accomplishes actions, and assesses conclusions.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• First-level University degree or equivalent in law, finance, economics, or risk management;
• Professional qualification(s) such as certified AML expert, certified Fraud Examiner, certified Risk Manager, or any equivalent certification;
• At least 8 years of relevant working experience in the Compliance field at a major commercial bank or an International Financial Institution.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Master’s degree or equivalent in the above areas;
• Knowledge of a member country’s language;
• Working experience of at least 2 years in the Compliance field in the CIS countries.

Minimum Requirements for the Position

For a candidate to participate in the competitive selection for this position, s/he must meet at least the following minimum requirements:

• Education: First-level University degree or equivalent in law, finance, economics, or risk management; or a first-level University degree in any other area followed by a postgraduate degree in the above areas;
• Experience: At least 8 years of relevant working experience.

Application Procedure

For your application for the above vacancy to be considered valid, please:

1. Complete the BSTDB Application Form in full:
   • Provide an answer to EACH question (box). Please note that if no answer is provided to any of the questions (the relevant box is left empty), the application will be disqualified.
   • If a question does not apply to you, please insert “N/A” in the relevant box.
   • No additional documents (such as CVs) will be considered.
2. Send the completed BSTDB Application Form as an attachment to: recruit@bstdb.org.

Please include in the subject line of the e-mail only the Reference Number of the vacancy you are applying for and your full name.

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