[CLOSED] [FRANKFURT] Senior Risk Manager at international investment bank

Our client, a global investment bank, is looking for an individual with good analytical skills to join as a Senior Risk Manager in Frankfurt. The successful candidate will be responsible for the governance over all risk types, manages risk from front to back and will report directly to the Chief Risk Officer. This is a great opportunity to build a function from scratch and grow with the firm’s entity in Frankfurt.

The role will include:

•Management of Principal Risk types (Operational, market, liquidity credit and Strategic Risk)
•Assessment, analysis and presentation of inherent and residual risk
•Lead governance within the Risk Committee including delivering the input required and administrative support
•Contact person for internal and external stakeholders
•Delivering continuous risk improvement strategies, enhancing governance to mitigate risks
•Reporting, design and monitoring of risk parameters according to the Firm’s risk appetite
•Support to new Business Approval processes
•Ensuring compliance with risk policies, procedures and local risk regulations according to MaRisk
•Regular communication with the regulator
•Design of board/senior management information and controls to the business
•Monitoring Financial Markets to ensure appropriate market risk management according to the firm’s risk appetite
•Manage Counterparty Risk
•Analysis and management of Operational Risk
•Prepare KPIs for the Risk Management Department

The position requires:

•Several years of experience in Risk Management
•Experience in working on a bank’s ICAAP framework
•Experience in dealing with financial services regulators
•Good analytical skills
•Sound knowledge of risk controls and governance frameworks
•Good knowledge and/or understanding of market risk of advantage
•Fluent German and English skills

If you are interested, please send me your resume and transcripts via email and let’s schedule a meeting.

Patrick Schäffner
Director
Options Group (Germany) GmbH
+49.69.9719.4135 (Work)
+49.174.198.8451 (Cell)
pschaeffner@optionsgroup.com