As a Vice-Director within the Controlling & Risk department, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing Swissquote’s risk strategy. Reporting directly to the Controlling & Risk Director, you will lead dynamic teams and will ensure adequate risk monitoring.

Key responsibilities

Team Management:

• Maintaining the motivating, productive, and safe environment by:
  • Fostering a positive work atmosphere where employees feel motivated, valued, and connected to the team and the organization.
  • Supporting employee growth through training, coaching, and advancement opportunities.
• Performance Management: Setting performance expectations, providing feedback, conducting performance reviews, and addressing any performance issues.
• Talent Development and Retention: Contributing to the creation of motivating career paths and skills development programs
• Managing all main HR processes (hiring, termination, transfers, warnings).

Operations management:

• Strategic Planning: Contributing to the department's vision by proposing and implementing organizational and process optimizations
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Provide expert guidance on risk-related matters, in particular in relation to loans to clients, securities trading (including derivatives) and Asset & Liabilities Management, to support decision-making processes, in a FINMA/BNS and SIX regulations environment.
  • Ensure effective communication and information flow between the Risk teams, the Finance department and the first line of defense such as Trading and ALM  departments.
• Risk Management: Credit and market risk tools and systems for data analysis, reporting, and decision-making.
• Documentation and Procedures: Making sure documentation and procedures are regularly reviewed and kept up to date.

• Minimum of 10 years track record in market and credit risks within the banking sector.
• Very good knowledge and previous experience in loan-to-clients business. Evaluation of pledged portfolio and borrowers' creditworthiness using financial analysis, credit scoring, and risk grading.
• Proficiency with margining business such as derivatives, including statistical analysis, financial and stress testing modeling and scenario analysis to quantify potential losses.
• Strong knowledge of Swiss banking regulations (Basel capital requirements, FINMA regulatory frameworks, BNS, SIX).
• Previous experience in a leadership role. Strong managerial skills, including the ability to lead, motivate, and develop teams to achieve strategic objectives effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, results-oriented, adept at planning and organization.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and inspire cross-functional teams