Head of Risk Modelling, Asset Management

Switzerland - Zürich
- Quantitative Analysis
- Asset Management

**Job Reference #**
- 288129BR

**City**
- Zürich

**Job Type**
- Full Time

**Your role**
- We are looking for a Head of Risk Modelling to:
- lead a team of highly qualified risk modelling experts
- strategically evolve, build out, and maintain the functionality, coverage, and breadth of our in-house risk management system, which brings together and consolidates linear and non-linear market risk measures (variance, tail risk, and stress testing) as well as liquidity and ESG risk measures
- expand, revise, and maintain the underlying models covering all asset classes
- keep the analytical infrastructure, modelling techniques, and code base up to date
- understand the risk structure of our portfolios and the related system and model requirements
- work with and support our portfolio and risk managers and other key user groups in their risk management and reporting duties considering all above listed risk dimensions
- work with our internal model oversight entity and all other relevant stakeholders across the firm

**Your team**
- You will be leading the Risk Modelling team in Zurich. Our team works closely with our Analytics & Modelling, Portfolio Management, Model Governance, and IT teams to maintain, develop, and implement the underlying risk models and portfolio risk analytics of our in-house risk management system. As the Head of Risk Modelling, you will play a critical role in providing market risk, liquidity risk, and ESG measures to a large group of users across Asset Management, and in devising and implementing the future risk system strategy jointly with your team and stakeholders across UBS Asset Management.

**Your expertise**
- At least 15 years’ relevant experience of working in the finance or insurance industry
- strong analytical, conceptual and coding skills, familiar with programming languages such as Matlab, Python, or similar professionally applied in larger scale software environment
- profound theoretical background in mathematical and quantitative risk analysis, risk management, and finance
- Prior experience of managing a small team of highly qualified experts
- PhD degree in Mathematics, Statistics or Econometrics
- hands-on experience with implementing quantitative risk management concepts, and with the modelling of financial products
- self-driven and focused on the details, with a professional understanding of the required statistical techniques
- strong communicator, with a collaborative personality and the ability to complete tasks independently
- fluent in English, German would be a plus to support local client base

**About us**
- UBS is the world’s largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors..
- We have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries.

**Join us**
- At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.
- From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

**Disclaimer / Policy Statements**
- UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.