Front Risk Manager

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The FRM Advisory (FRMA) supports the frontline, especially the market “German and French-Speaking Switzerland” in the management and control of risks throughout the client lifecycle. The FRM Advisory acts as first point of contact for all risk-related questions, provides support tailored to regional and local regulatory requirements as well as business needs.

The FRMA ensures the preparation and presentation of risk reporting and other risk topics to the Market Management.

**YOUR CHALLENGE**:

- Acts as sparring partner to the Front Management in front-risk topics related to the whole client/business relationship lifecycle. E.g.: assists with selected cases related to prospects, existing relationships or account openings (e.g. as a result of identified red flags, e.g. adverse media exposure, reputational issues, ESG exposure, complex or opaque structures, sensitive industries, etc.)
- Prepares the Market Risk R e p o rt i ng, pa rt ic i p a te s and leads the market risk sessions w ith regard t o r i s k m a n a g e m e nt to p i c s
- I d e nt i f i e s a wa re n e ss / tr a i n i n g n e e d s when analyzing the risk report findings, prepares and c o nt r i b utes t o ri s k tr a i n i n g a nd a w a r e n e s s c a mp a i g ns c o n t e nt a n d s u p po r t s c o m m u n i c a t io n w i t hi n th e f r o ntl i ne
- Participates and supports in projects carried out within the market (provide risk related advice, conducts reviews)
- Ensures that front related issues as identified by 2LoD, internal/external audit and regulators are remediated in a timely and sustainable manner
- Follows-up with Front Office on overdue items or escalation of 1LoD recurring tasks and controls where necessary mo n i t o r s r is k s, m a n a g e s i n c i d e nts a nd re m e d i a t i o n m e a s ur es / p roj ec t s
- Enables supervisory roles to initiate a p p ro p r i a t e m e a s ur e s tog e th e r w i t h s t a ke ho l d e r s i n c a s e o f n e g a tiv e c o nt r o l re s u l t s (if d ee m e d a p p r op r i a t e ), de f i n e s a n d m o n i t o r s r i s k mi t i g a t i n g m e a s ur e s
- Ensures close and systematic collaboration/information flow between the 1LoD and the 2LoD. Close collaboration with the Market Business Management team is a key aspect with respect to the delineation of roles and transparency on tasks
- Coordinates closely with other FRM teams and interacts closely with various internal stakeholders (e.g. Compliance, Legal, IWMS, Internal Controlling etc.), depending on the topics

**YOUR PROFILE**:

- University degree or equivalent education in Banking, Compliance, Law, Risk Management or Business Administration
- At least 5-7 years of professional experience in Front Risk Management, Business Support, Compliance, Legal or Audit
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills, as well as a high level of flexibility and adaptability to changes
- Very good knowledge of MS Office, Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Experience and/or pre-knowledge in the Swiss market would be a plus
- Proficient in English/French; and German would be preferred, other languages would be a plus
- Ability to work on own initiative, willing to take on responsibility
- Ability to oversee complexity and to work under high pressure
- Professional and convincing communication skills with stakeholders in various roles and functions
- Decisive, well organized, proactive and act with care and assertiveness