Enterprise Risk Manager (m/f/d)
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Manages enterprise-wide financial and non-financial risks, ensuring regulatory compliance and effective risk frameworks across entities.
About this role
The team safeguards Unzer’s performance and reputation by proactively managing enterprise-wide financial risks and non-financial risks – covering capital, liquidity, credit/counterparty, market and settlement risk as well as operational, process and control risks, provide independent oversight, embedding the risk framework, ensuring regulatory compliance and fostering a strong risk culture – enabling informed decisions and sustainable growth within risk appetite. Acting as second-line-of-defense expert across both risk domains, the role brings particular depth in financial risk and translates quantitative risk insights into actionable management information. Unzer lives a customer-centric organization, so that the Enterprise Risk Manager is fully aware of who his/her customers are and leads by example in striving to have all Financial & Non-Financial Enterprise Risk processes, documentations and ways of working to be customer-first, pragmatic and solution-orientated to the highest degree possible.
What your work will look like:
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Serve as the (local) subject matter expert, supporting teams and individuals in financial and non-financial risk-related topics with in-depth expertise in financial risk (capital adequacy, liquidity, credit/counterparty, market and settlement risk).
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Ensure effective/sound implementation and integration of the risk management framework across all Unzer entities, adhering to relevant regulatory requirements (EBA, CSSF, MaRisk, DFSA, and/or other applicable EU regulations), including risk appetite statement and the derived financial and non-financial risk limits and thresholds.
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Identify and address gaps in the risk framework while proactively proposing solutions, changes, or preventive measures; conduct risk analyses and review existing controls for effectiveness, including scenario and stress testing as well as risk reporting with key risk indicators for management and committees.
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Assess, review, and contribute to continually improve the risk management framework, ensuring it remains effective amid changing regulatory and business needs.
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Contribute with developing, updating, and maintaining risk policies, procedures, and related documentation across both risk domains.
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Support both internal and external audits, including regulatory audits; implement and monitor of trainings and programs to promote risk awareness within the organization; collaborate independently with other Group Risk Control functions on projects, tasks and enterprise risk-related initiatives, seeking guidance for complex or unfamiliar scenarios.
What you need to be successful in this role:
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Solid knowledge of regulatory requirements concerning financial (enterprise) risk – e.g. capital and liquidity adequacy and safeguarding of client funds on the financial side, and internal control and operational risk requirements on the non-financial side.
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Solid experience with internal control systems and risk management frameworks, with an understanding of payment/financial services and/or acquiring business operations considered an advantage.
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Exposed to and having knowledge of relevant European regulations, with emphasis on German, Luxembourg, and Danish requirements.
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At least 3 years of experience in the fields of enterprise risk, risk control, risk management, audit, or consulting, ideally with a demonstrable focus on financial risk topics; strong quantitative and analytical skills and confident handling of financial data, risk metrics and reporting tools.
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Ability to interpret regulations and clearly present conclusions and plans to a range of stakeholders, both orally and in writing.
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Proficiency in English, German, and/or Danish, with strong verbal and written communication skills.
Please note that we will not sponsor your visa or relocation, and you must have a valid work permit to be eligible for this position.
What's next ?
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Does it sound exciting? - Apply with your CV in English. Please don’t shy away if you don’t meet all the requirements! We’re looking forward to meeting you.
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We will get back to you within 14 days of receiving your application.
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The interview process includes: a 30min intro call with a TA Partner, 60min conversation with the hiring manager, 60 min skills assessment and a 30min final call. Please note the process might alter depending on our team’s availability.
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