Overview
In this role you help shape Sygnum’s financial risk framework for a digital asset–driven bank. You provide independent oversight on credit, collateral, counterparty and liquidity risks while engaging with governance bodies. You translate complex risk analytics into actionable guidance, influence risk appetite, and lead cross-functional initiatives to strengthen risk culture. This is an opportunity to contribute to Future Finance by combining rigorous risk practices with innovative assets and regulatory collaboration.
Leistungen / Benefits
- Attractive combination of market salaries and entrepreneurial incentive scheme
- Flexible/Work at home policies
- Mentoring and Buddy programs
- One-month fully paid sabbatical after five years of continuous employment
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Develop and enhance financial risk frameworks, policies, and tools for assigned risk areas
- Provide independent oversight across financial risks, focusing on credit, collateral, counterparty and analytics
- Define and monitor risk appetite, limits and key risk indicators, escalating material exposures
- Perform risk measurement, stress testing, scenario analysis and portfolio analytics with senior management in view
- Assess new products, technologies and business initiatives from a financial risk perspective
- Act as senior risk SME at Group Risk Committee for relevant domains
- Represent risk views at RALB, offering independent challenge and expertise
- Advise business functions balancing commercial objectives with prudent risk management
- Utilize AI-supported approaches in risk assessment, analytics, monitoring and reporting
- Lead cross-functional risk initiatives and strengthen risk culture
- Provide guidance to colleagues on risk matters across the organization
Zentrale Anforderungen
- University degree in finance, economics, mathematics, quantitative finance, risk management or related field
- At least ten years in banking or financial services with substantial risk experience in a regulated institution
- Deep expertise in one or more financial risk areas (credit, counterparty, liquidity, investment, quantitative risk) and knowledge of banking products and processes
- Proven experience in risk frameworks, risk appetite, limits, stress testing and management reporting
- Strong quantitative capabilities and experience with risk analytics, stress testing, scenario analysis and models
- Solid knowledge of Swiss banking regulation and experience with regulators, internal or external audit
- Strong judgement, leadership presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Analytical, problem-solving, pragmatic and collaborative approach
- Strong AI literacy and prudent data/model oversight
- Excellent written and verbal English; German is an advantage
- Professional qualification such as FRM, CFA, PRM or equivalent is a plus
- Experience in digital assets or technology-driven financial products and risk technology
- Strong judgment and decisiveness
- Strategic thinking and risk-aware decision making
- Clear communication with governance bodies
- Risk analytics
- Stress testing and scenario analysis
- Quantitative risk models
Senior Financial Risk Manager (80-100%) in Zürich Arbeitgeber: Sygnum Bank
Sygnum Bank in Zürich ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der seinen Mitarbeitern nicht nur ein wettbewerbsfähiges Gehalt, sondern auch flexible Arbeitsbedingungen und umfangreiche Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten bietet. Die Unternehmenskultur fördert Innovation und Zusammenarbeit, was es Ihnen ermöglicht, in einem dynamischen Umfeld zu wachsen und bedeutende Beiträge zur Entwicklung digitaler Vermögenslösungen zu leisten.
