Head of Controlling & Risk - Director
Core
Leads the Controlling & Risk department to identify, monitor, and report credit, market, liquidity, and operational risks across the Group in line with Board-defined risk appetite.
Role type
Director-level Head of Controlling & Risk
Builds
Group-wide risk management framework, regulatory reports, and risk oversight for trading, lending, and digital asset activities.
Domain
Banking / Financial Services / Risk Management
Required skills
Strategic leadership, multidisciplinary team management, credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk, operational risk, regulatory compliance, stress testing, risk appetite monitoring, policy development, stakeholder management, Swiss banking regulation knowledge, Basel standards expertise.
Preferred skills
FRM, CFA, digitalisation, data and AI, GRC platforms, RCSA, KRI, incident management, quantitative/model risk, stress-testing, data science, automation.
Technologies
GRC platforms, RCSA, KRI, incident management workflows, digital assets, cryptocurrencies, CFDs, eFX, interbank FX, structured products, exchange-traded derivatives.
Responsibilities
Define department priorities and operating model; produce and present reports for Risk Committee, Executive Management, and Board; maintain and improve the Group risk management framework; oversee concentration analysis, limit monitoring, and capital/liquidity planning; monitor client activities in ETD trading, lending, and eFX; oversee operational risk identification and reporting; supervise reconciliation of cash, securities, and cryptocurrencies; liaise with FINMA, SIX, and regulators; contribute to new business risk analyses and transformation projects.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership & multidisciplinary team management
