Job Description
Financial Risk Officer
The Financial Risk Officer will play a key role within the Risk Management department reporting directly to the CRO in acting as a second line of defence for ALMrelated risks including liquidity interest rate and capital adequacy supporting strategic decisionmaking and strengthening the Banks financial risk management framework and in ensuring prompt and rigorous preparation of all regulatory reports.
Your responsibilities:
Financial Risk Management
- Identify assess monitor and report financial risks related to ALM including liquidity risk interest rate risk and capital adequacy.
- Control the compliance of the ALM Strategy proposed by the Head of ALM with the regulatory framework and internally approved risk framework and its consistency with the risk appetite defined by the Board of Directors.
- Validate the assumptions formulated by the Head of ALM and used to forecast changes in the balance sheet and liquidity ratios.
- Define scenarios and conduct stress tests and analyses for liquidity and interest rate risks as well as for capital planning purposes.
Regulatory Reporting
- Produce and provide all regulatory statistics for the bank for the Swiss National Bank (Capital Adequacy LCR NSFR MONA ZR etc).
Strategic Advisory on ALM Risks
- Be an expert of the principles of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision related to capital adequacy liquidity risk management and interest rate risk in the banking book and act as a key internal advisor providing expertise on ALM riskrelated matters.
- Participate as a deputy to the CRO to the ALM Committee providing insights and strategic recommendations based on indepth analyses.
- Collaborate with the Head of ALM and other firstline teams to ensure risks are managed in line with the banks risk appetite and strategic objectives.
Your profile
- Bachelors Degree in Finance or Apprenticeship in banking
- CPA a strong plus
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the banking industry in a similar role with a focus on financial risk and regulatory/statistical reporting or within a Big Four audit firm.
- Excellent organizational and planning skills.
- Strong analytical and quantitative abilities.
- A solid riskcontrol mindset.
- Proficiency in working with complex and extensive datasets.
- Comprehensive understanding and knowledge of a banks balance sheet.
- Proficiency in regulatory reporting and accounting tools (FiRE Focus SAP).
- Excellent command of English and French both spoken and written
- Strong IT skills (Office suite especially Excel FiRE / SAP or other accounting tools)
Personal competencies:
- Selfmotivated and proactive
- Excellencedriven and rigorous
- Selfstarter and resultoriented
- Good team player
- Ability to work effectively under pressure in a fastpaced environment
- Analytical methodical and detailoriented
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority