Manager Credit Risk (m/w/d)

At Zanders, we are an international consultancy specializing in Risk, Treasury, and Saa S solutions.

With our origins in the Netherlands, we've expanded our footprint across Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and Asia.

Within Risk we cover all Financial and Non-Financial Risk types, including topics such as Credit Risk, ESG and AI.

Our client base comprises banks, insurers, and asset managers.

As part of our team, you will play a pivotal role in advising our clients on matters related to their risk models, policies, and governance.

Your Role

As a Manager in the Financial Risk team at Zanders, you will be engaged in a diverse range of quantitative risk projects. Our projects focus around the following areas:

• Risk strategy & risk appetite frameworks
• Model development, validation & implementation
• Stresstesting
• Model Risk Management
• BCBS 239 / RDARR

You will be working across the financial risk types (credit, market, liquidity) as well as ESG and AI topics related to those risk types.

In your day-to‑day activities you will be working on 1–2 projects simultaneously.

Our Managers have a hands‑on mentality and are expected to be actively involved in client projects.

Depending on the project size you will be overseeing a number of consultants on each project, guiding and educating them.

In addition, you will be expected to work on business development and to support sales initiatives in the financial risk area.

You are expected to have an existing network in the German banking sector and will be given the opportunity to expand it significantly.

As a Manager you will be a career coach, responsible for the career development of your coaches.

You will be expected to guide consultants not only on project work, but also support them throughout their career journey.

At Zanders you would have a maximum of four direct reports.

Your influence on our business will be substantial.

You'll enjoy a significantly higher level of responsibility than what is typically found in other consulting firms.

Your contributions will be instrumental in driving our business forward right from day one.

Skills to be successful

• A Master's degree in econometrics, mathematics, physics, quantitative finance, statistics, or related topics.
• Strong interest in developing, designing and performing the quantification of financial risk.
• 5+ years of experience in model development and/or validation, as well as broader risk governance in the credit risk area (relevant topics include, but are not limited to, IRB and credit portfolio modelling, IFRS 9, stress testing or ESG).
• A sizeable network in the German banking industry.
• Regulatory understanding and preferably experience with TRIM missions, IMIs, OSIs etc.
• Strong knowledge of programming tools (e. g. R, Python, SQL, Mat Lab, SAS).
• Ambitious, entrepreneurial, innovative mindset.
• Exceptional analytical skills.
• Flexible to travel.
• Business fluent in German and English knowledge.
• We offer
• A hybrid work environment, that promotes a healthy work‑life balance.
• Participation in the Zanders bonus scheme.
• 30 paid holiday days.
• A laptop and i Phone.
• An entrepreneurial culture that values personal development, with ample room for initiatives.
• Expertise in your chosen field, building skills rapidly alongside diverse clients and consultants.
• A truly collegiate environment with enthusiastic and helpful colleagues, fostering career excellence in Risk or Technology.
• An international and fun working environment, annual Zanders trip to a surprise location in Europe and many more exciting experiences to come.

By applying for a role at Zanders, you give us approval to use and retain your personal details.

Considering Zanders’ nature of enterprise, you are expected to behave to a high moral standard.

A Pre-Employment Screening (PES) by a third party is part of the application process.

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