IT supports the whole of UBS across a number of different functions. Technology enables UBS to provide exceptional client service and achieve exceptional success in the global financial markets. UBS is committed to fostering an inclusive corporate culture and we recognise that diversity is key to UBS's success. Diversity is an integral part of our recruiting efforts across campus and professional recruiting.
UBS has partnered with Women In Technology since August 2006 to ensure that we can attract and retain more female technologists into our organisation. Together we have co-hosted three successful events, which have all been aimed at providing women involved in technology the tools and skills they need to excel within the workplace.
Headquartered in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, UBS is one of the world's leading financial firms. It serves an international client base with its wealth management, investment banking and asset management businesses. In Switzerland, UBS is the market leader in retail and commercial banking.
UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide and has offices in over 50 countries. Its shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
Our investment bankers, salespeople and research analysts, supported by risk and logistics teams, deliver expertise and superb execution to clients all over the world. Through a deep understanding of our clients’ needs, we draw on our extensive network of global resources to deliver effective ideas, innovative solutions and exceptional levels of service to help them achieve their financial objectives.
Organisationally, UBS operates as a Group with four business divisions:
- Wealth Management & Swiss Bank
- Wealth Management Americas
- Global Asset Management
- Investment Bank
Each business division is accountable for its own results, but co-operates to provide a broad palette of cross-business solutions for clients. UBS considers the breadth and depth of its offering to be one of its main strengths, and a key to its ability to create value for clients and shareholders.
Investment Banking
Ranked no.1 M&A Financial Advisor – ECM Roles (Thomson Reuters 2008), UBS provides first-class advice and execution services to corporations, financial sponsors and hedge funds. Our advisory group assists on transactions and advises on strategic reviews and corporate restructuring solutions, while our capital markets and leveraged finance teams arrange the execution of primary and secondary equity, as well as debt issues worldwide.
Equities
A leading participant in the global primary and secondary markets for equity, equity-linked and equity derivative products, the equities business area - named ‘Most Innovative in Trading’ (The Banker, 2008) - distributes, trades, finances and clears cash equity and equity-linked products. It also structures, originates and distributes new equity and equity-linked issues and provides research on companies, industry sectors, geographical markets and macroeconomic trends.
Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities
We focus on meeting the needs of corporate, institutional, public sector and private banking clients providing a full range of products across Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income. UBS is the no.1 firm for Currency Overall, according to Risk 2008, due to a deep understanding of our clients’ needs combined with an ability to deliver exceptional service.
Information Technology at UBS
Information technology has revolutionised financial services and UBS is at the leading edge of its global application. The IT function is responsible for building and maintaining applications and a systems infrastructure with the capacity and capability to achieve our goal to be the best global financial services firm.
By ensuring the availability, stability and high performance of systems, products and services in a constantly changing environment, technology enables UBS to provide exceptional client service and achieve exceptional success in the global financial markets. Through creativity, business acumen and a proactive approach technology has helped to extend the firm’s product and service portfolio.
UBS’s one-firm strategy combines the respective capabilities of our different businesses to benefit clients, shareholders and employees. Likewise, IT works as one team across borders and time zones interacting with a variety of functions including client advisory, product and operations staff throughout UBS to understand their technology requirements. Through this cooperation, technologists are able to help solve the various business, technical and operational challenges that are raised in the course of business.
There are opportunities for professional development at all levels. Technical roles involve working with established and emerging technologies, often early in the development cycle. Project work is a common feature of business-facing roles, with scope for strategic thinking and management interaction.
IT at UBS offers talented individuals a dynamic, creative and supportive working environment. Entrepreneurial leadership, original thinking and personal ambition are encouraged and rewarded.
Career Opportunities
To find out more about career opportunities at UBS please visit www.ubs.com or send an updated copy of your CV to Tina Vadher our direct technology recruiter at tina.vadher@ubs.com.
UBS Diversity Information
UBS is unwaveringly committed to, and actively works to foster, an inclusive corporate culture. Diversity is an important ingredient to being able to reach out to our clients in a meaningful way. It is only by having outstanding talent with diverse perspectives that we can address our clients’ needs.
At UBS, we believe that a workforce of individuals from widely different backgrounds, cultures and life experiences is indispensable in today’s global business environment. Gender, ethnic and age Diversity allows for first-hand understanding of regional markets and sensitivity to local customs. But it is not just the visible differences that allow for this competitive advantage. It is also the more subtle diversity — of background, experience and thought — that provides the perspective from which our employees anticipate needs and generate unique solutions for our increasingly diverse client base worldwide.
Achieving this world-class workforce of diverse, high-talent individuals demands an open minded and respectful working culture, merit-based career advancement, and a sense of individual contribution and self-worth. UBS has made great strides in all these arenas.
We have systematically integrated diversity into our key management processes throughout the employee lifecycle:
Diversity is an integral part of our recruiting efforts – campus and professional recruiting. We expect our hiring managers and our partner executive search firms to ensure that candidates from diverse backgrounds are considered and that we hire the very best talent in the market.
Diversity is embedded in our talent development programs - from graduate to senior management level. In addition, we have implemented a computer based training for diversity that is accessible to all of our employees globally.
Diversity has been integrated into our annual performance management, promotion and succession planning processes. Diversity is a core competency against which all our managers are evaluated.
Diversity is key to UBS’s success.
Please see the website below for more information on UBS diversity initiatives: www.ubs.com/diversity
UBS MyStory
Below is the story of a UBS employee who has found success working as a woman in IT at UBS.
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I first joined UBS as an intern in Operations in 1998. I loved working at UBS, and was excited to be offered a job to come back to once I finished my degree in Maths at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. After graduation, I travelled around the world before starting work permanently in April 2000... Full Story |
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womenintechnology / UBS events
Over the past three years we have co-hosted three networking events - details about the events including photos and presentation slides can be found by clicking on the links below:
For more information about UBS please go to: www.ubs.com
