Finance
Learn to translate regulatory requirements into traceable controls and effective operating procedures. This course explores core compliance questions in the Swiss financial environment, from money-laundering prevention to conflicts of interest and cross-border risk. Practical cases develop careful risk assessment, clear escalation and constructive collaboration between business teams, compliance professionals and management.
Request informationYOUR PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
For individuals & organisationsWe agree a start that fits your professional and personal commitments.
OSAM certificates: according to your starting level and learning goals. Company group programmes are usually planned in days or half-days.
Synchronous teaching. Both formats include the OSAM platform for course materials and organisational information.
From an eduQua-certified institution.
An individual quotation confirms the programme, delivery format and applicable fees.
Highly personalised teaching with experienced practitioners working at a high professional level.
FROM KNOWLEDGE TO CAPABILITY
Compliance, operations, client-service, internal-control and risk-management professionals.
YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY
These modules form the core programme. Where useful, we refine the emphasis, examples and learning activities to reflect your professional context, starting point and objectives.
Distinguish legislation, ordinances, supervisory practice and internal policies. Consider FINMA, relevant supervisory organisations and internal control functions together. A mapping exercise identifies which requirements need further assessment for a particular activity and who is responsible for implementation, monitoring and communication within the organisation.
Structure identification, beneficial ownership and clarification of the background and purpose of a business relationship. Document risk factors explicitly. Cases explore incomplete information and unusual transactions, while recognising that actual escalation must follow the applicable law and the institution’s current internal procedures and responsibilities.
Explore information, documentation and conduct obligations across different services. Examine conflicts, remuneration and the relationship between product characteristics and client needs. Exercises demonstrate why the nature of the service must be established before choosing an appropriate control or making assumptions about which obligations apply.
Recognise questions involving confidential information, market integrity and foreign connections. Compare cases by separating established facts, possible legal issues and missing evidence. The aim is a precise referral to the responsible specialist before a risky action, rather than a broad approval based on incomplete facts.
Develop a basic risk-control matrix with owners, evidence and escalation routes. Evaluate controls by purpose, frequency and traceability. Prepare a concise report covering observations, potential consequences and actions, taking care to distinguish an issue that requires investigation from a breach already supported by evidence.
Build a process for monitoring official publications and evaluating changes. A workshop connects risk assessment, training needs and implementation monitoring. Produce a prioritised action plan while recognising that the legal application of each proposed measure must still be checked within the organisation’s actual operating context.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOUR PROGRESS
Educational direction, subject expertise and adult learning support. Your final trainer assignment is confirmed in your proposal.
DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
Managing Director
Simon Pawolleck provides OSAM’s overall direction. The focus is on relevant skills, a clear learning structure and personal support that connects professional ambitions with practical progress.
EXPERT’S PERSPECTIVE
Expert trainer
Nicolas Vialis brings the programme’s subject expertise into focus. The educational approach connects a structured foundation with practical situations, relevant exercises and feedback aligned with your professional objectives.
ADULT LEARNING & ANDRAGOGY
Head of Adult Learning
Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Adult Education
Sandrine Mélé oversees the adult learning approach: coherent progression, active participation and learning methods that take account of prior experience. She supports a structured, practical and human approach to developing competence.
Active at a high professional level, selected against demanding criteria.
Developing the skills of their employees with OSAM.
An experience centred on the people who learn with us.
Personal career goals. Shared organisational priorities.
SERI / SEFRIeduQua-certified institution. Federal qualifications listed by SERI in selected pathways.
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LEARNERS’ VOICES
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As displayed on the OSAM website, 4 November 2026.View Google reviews“Patient teaching and very engaging lessons.”
“Excellent quality and personalised practical scenarios.”
GOOD TO KNOW
Compliance, operations, client-service, internal-control and risk-management professionals. The programme is available to private individuals and organisations, including company teams. OSAM welcomes learners living or working in Switzerland as well as international participants joining live online.
OSAM is an eduQua-certified continuing education institution. An OSAM certificate documents the learning agreed for your programme; eduQua is a quality label for the institution, not federal recognition of every individual course.
OSAM’s work connects individual professional development with the needs of companies in Switzerland and internationally. Client references and learner reviews below offer a practical view of that work.
You develop skills you can apply in real situations, with guidance from experienced practitioners and access to learning materials on the OSAM platform. The programme focuses on these outcomes:
Yes. We start with the established programme and refine the emphasis, practical cases and learning support where useful. Adjustments take account of the individual or company’s professional context, existing skills and goals. The agreed programme is confirmed before enrolment; federal examination requirements remain binding where applicable.
For the OSAM certificate, contact us to review your current level, prior experience and objectives. We will confirm the appropriate entry requirements and any recommended preparation.
No. The course teaches working methods and regulatory orientation. Decisions on specific transactions or suspected misconduct remain subject to the appropriate specialist review and procedures.
No. Content can be adapted to different financial services. The applicable framework depends on the business model and the organisation’s regulatory position.
No FINMA course approval or authorisation is claimed. References to FINMA provide official learning and information resources.
YOUR CAREER, IN PERSPECTIVE
Depending on your experience and qualifications, this subject can support development in the following professional directions.
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Tell us where you want to go. Together, we will define the learning journey that gets you there.
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