Financial Risk Officer (M/F/D)

Overview

Are you looking to work within an European institution?

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For one of the EU Institutions, we are currently looking for:

Financial Risk Officer (M/F/D)

Reporting line:

The incumbent(s) report to and work under the supervision of the Head of Unit of the CM&FR/CM&ST (Capital Management & Stress testing unit) Unit

Responsibilities

• Resolve credit, market and structured finance risk models recommendations, use risk models for the purpose of Economic Capital and exposure forecast, maintain methodological and technical documentation, develop back testing and monitoring assessments.
• Support the capital planning and reporting processes (e.g. Economic capital, exposure reports) via operationalization, calibration and maintenance of financial risk quantification processes, data aggregation and financial risk analysis.
• Support the implementation of capital and financial risk methodologies through the institution.
• Automation of financial risk quantification processes.

Qualifications

• University degree, preferably at postgraduate level, in Quantitative Finance, Mathematics, Physics, Actuarial sciences, Data science, Engineering or related fields;
• A minimum of three (3) years’ relevant professional experience in financial risk;
• Excellent knowledge of English, both oral and written. Knowledge of other EU languages would be an advantage.
• Professional level experience with Python, SQL and Excel.
• Experience working with data extraction, transformation and control processes.
• Experience implementing reconciliation and data quality controls.
• Ability to work within tight deadlines, to react swiftly and effectively to new situations in a client-focused and high quality service environment;
• Excellent organizational skills with an ability to prioritize;
• Disciplined approach whilst maintaining creativity and lateral thinking towards troubleshooting and problem solving;
• Excellent interpersonal skills for dealing with internal and external counterparts;

Duration

• Starts with a two month contract (serving as trial period) with a high possibility of extension

Please note that only applications matching the required profile will be reviewed.

Randstad attaches great importance to equal opportunities. We recruit candidates on the basis of their skills, regardless of their age, sexual orientation, nationality, religious beliefs, gender, disability, etc.

Ready to take up this new challenge? Do not hesitate to apply for this vacancy. We look forward to meeting you!