Nicole Schwarzenbach is a Senior Manager at Grant Thornton Switzerland/Liechtenstein and works in Audit Financial Services.
Professional experience
After completing her Federal Vocational Baccalaureate at St.Galler Kantonalbank, she spent a further five years working as a private client advisory assistant. While working in this position, she completed a degree in Business Economics at the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland on a part-time basis. She has been a member of the auditing team at Grant Thornton AG since 2016 and qualified as a Swiss-certified accountant, majoring in Banking for her oral examination, in 2020. Nicole Schwarzenbach has several years of experience in auditing and business consulting in Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
She specialises in investment funds, management companies, pension funds and asset managers.
Professional qualifications and memberships
Nicole Schwarzenbach holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a specialization in Accounting and Finance.
She is a certified audit expert in Switzerland, recognized by the Swiss Federal Audit Oversight Authority (FAOA), and an approved auditor in Liechtenstein, accredited by the Financial Market Authority Liechtenstein (FMA). Additionally, she holds the special legal authorizations for auditing pension institutions, asset management companies, and investment funds (AIF, UCITS, IU) in Liechtenstein.
She is also a member of EXPERTsuisse and the Liechtenstein Association of Auditors.
Languages
In addition to her native German, Nicole also speaks fluent English and has a basic knowledge of French.
- Audit expert by the Swiss Federal Audit Oversight Authority (FAOA)
- Swiss Certified Public Accountant
- BSc in Business Administration
