Vice President in Divisional ERM (Wealth Management, Swiss Bank, Asset Management)

Wealth management/Swiss Bank/Asset Management ERM an experienced VP. This role reports directly into the Head of ERM WM/SB/AM. This role has material exposure to senior management in both the WM/SB/AM and Group CRO. You will have the opportunity to be part of a newly established group and help to shape the strategic vision of the team.

The role will give you the opportunity to come up with creative ideas and interact with a broad set of senior stakeholders across business and risk organization and providing high impact value-added to the risk management teams, business and regulators.

The VP role in WM/SB/AM ERM will cover

• Support the syndication of both regular (semi-annual calibration, risk inventory, monthly dashboards) and ad-hoc limit increases in close collaboration with divisional SRM functions
• Partnering with other areas to propose necessary changes to models, frameworks, and methodologies to capture & reflect the WM/SB/AM risk exposures and profiles
• Reviewing drivers of measured risk usage, assessing impact of future business activity, and proposing actions to management as required
• Escalating risk issues to senior management in advance to allow proactive management & remediation
• Syndicating a Risk plan that is tightly integrated with Financial and Capital plans developed by CFO
• Presenting materials in senior committee meetings as required
• You will work with teams located in other business centers to ensure that WM/SB/AM needs are considered
• Co-ordinating with functional teams world-wide
• Contribute to regulatory deliverables and ensure consistent messaging

Your future colleagues

The WM/SB/AM Enterprise Risk Management function (WM/SB/AM ERM) is responsible for

• coordinating multiple different risks across the Swiss bank (SB), Wealth Management (WM) and Asset Management (AM)
• syndicating risk appetite, limit requests, risk identification and risk methodologies in close collaboration with the Strategic Risk Management functions (SRMs) of the aforementioned entities
• making sure these are aligned with overall business plans

The WM/SB/AM ERM team works closely with stakeholders and partners in multiple areas, including

• Risk modeling teams (Market, Credit, Liquidity, NII, etc.)
• Central risk teams (e.g. risk appetite, risk identification)
• Legal entity aligned Strategic Risk Management (SRM) teams within WM/SB/AM
• WM/SB/AM support & control areas (CFO, COO)

Under Global Enterprise Risk function, you will be coming into a dynamic environment with new and motivated colleagues. At the same time, you will be working across the department with an experienced and well-established team of professionals who value collaboration and teamwork. We are a department which values Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and is committed to realizing the firm’s D&I ambition which is an integral part of our global cultural values.

You bring:

• 6+ years’ experience in Risk, or a closely related area
• Technical or Economics degree (or equivalent)
• Data processing experience is a key asset
• Ability to provide answers to complex questions and tailor the level of details to the target audience
• A good understanding and eagerness to deep-dive into:
  • Risks in Swiss Bank, Global Wealth Management and Asset Management
  • Risk methodology, theory of risk metric design, and statistical approaches to estimating loss potential on client and portfolio level
  • Basic accounting practices, P/L attribution
  • Regulatory frameworks (RWA calculations, upcoming Basel changes, etc.)
  
  

• Constructive attitude, focusing on:
  • Hands-on approach and the ability to process and transform information into tangible conclusions
  • Maintaining a positive attitude despite high-visibility deliverables with hard deadlines
  • Promoting a well-organized and detail-oriented approach to tasks
  
  

• Outstanding communication skills in English and a pro-active approach to people and topics
• Dedication to fostering an inclusive culture and value diverse perspectives

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Mr. Albinus would be delighted to receive your application.

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