Basel Headquarters- With work experience

Your department

Take responsibility in a sophisticated investment environment where you ensure proactive, transparent, and comprehensive risk management across all liquid asset classes. You will work with advanced analytics platforms, drive the transition to a new risk engine, and serve as a key sparring partner for our investment teams.

In this role, you lead the operational execution and continuous enhancement of our Investment Risk Management Framework, ensuring consistent risk identification, in depth analysis, and accurate reporting across all relevant risk dimensions. You also play a pivotal role in maintaining and further developing our risk infrastructure, including the design and implementation of its future operating model.

Initially limited until June 2027, this role offers a strong pathway to a long term opportunity.

Your responsibility

1  Investment Risk Analysis and Monitoring

• Daily identification, analysis, and escalation of risk events across all risk factors (market, liquidity, credit/counterparty, and ESG risks)
• Conduct multi-dimensional risk analyses including Value-at-Risk, CVaR, stress testing, backtesting, and scenario analysis
• Produce and quality-assure daily risk monitoring reports and monthly investment risk reports for stakeholders
• Monitor and further develop Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) across all risk dimensions

 
2  Risk Infrastructure and Target Operating Model

• Operate, maintain, and further develop the existing risk analytics platform (automated dashboards, data pipelines)
• Co-design and execute the transition to the new risk engine
• Define the Target Operating Model for the future risk infrastructure in close collaboration with IT, Data Management, and external partners
• Ensure integration of portfolio management systems, risk engines, and external data sources into a coherent analytics environment

 
3  Sparring Partner and Collaboration

• Act as sparring partner and advisor to the investment teams on all investment risk matters
• Support strategic product development and projects from a risk perspective
• Provide functional leadership and mentoring of Junior Risk Analysts, including task coordination, technical guidance, and quality assurance

Your qualification

Education

• Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, or Engineering
• FRM, CFA, CQF is an advantage
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Investment Risk Management at an asset manager, bank, or insurance company

 
Technical Knowledge
 
Risk & Quantitative

• Comprehensive expertise in Investment Risk Management and quantitative risk models (VaR, CVaR, stress testing, backtesting, scenario analysis)
• Strong understanding of financial markets, asset classes (equities, fixed income, multi-asset, structured products), and macroeconomic dynamics
• Experience with performance attribution and contribution analysis

 
Programming

• Solid programming skills in Python and SQL
• Experience building and maintaining API-based workflows and integrations

 
Platforms

• Experience with risk platforms such as Bloomberg PORT/PORT+, Aladdin Risk, MSCI RiskMetrics, or comparable systems
• Familiarity with portfolio management systems (e.g. SimCorp) and ESG data providers is considered an advantage

 
Data Infrastructure

• Experience with databases, ETL pipelines, and data modelling
• Familiarity with data lake architectures (object storage, analytical query engines, columnar storage formats)
• Ability to operate, maintain, and further develop existing data infrastructure

 
DevOps

• Basic familiarity with containerized environments, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools

 
Languages

• Fluent in German and English (written and spoken)