Senior Business Risk Manager

Job Description

The Senior Business Risk Manager (BRM) plays a key role in ensuring the effectiveness, robustness, and continuous improvement of the internal control and risk management framework within the Private Banking (PB) business.

Tasks

The main tasks include:

• Risk and control management: Design, implementation, execution, and monitoring of the 1LoD control framework for private banking.
• Risk assessment and governance: Management of private banking risk assessments in close coordination with the second line of defense.
• Reporting and monitoring: Monitoring and validation of daily, monthly, and quarterly control reports.
• Consulting and continuous improvement: Supporting business units in risk management, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

The requirements for this position are:

• Academic degree in economics, business administration, finance, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of experience in risk management, internal controls, or contract/operational risk in banking or financial services, ideally in private banking or wealth management.
• Strong understanding of non-financial risks, internal control frameworks, and regulatory requirements for private banking.
• Proven experience working with the first line of defense and strong interactions with second and third line of defense functions.
• Ability to work independently, set priorities effectively, and manage complex risk issues.
• Strong stakeholder management, with the ability to question constructively at senior management level.
• Advanced analytical and reporting skills; advanced Excel skills required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

Our values

Our values are:

• Responsible: Taking responsibility for tasks and challenges and striving for continuous improvement.
• Action-oriented: Proactive achievement of high-quality results.
• Passionate: Commitment and striving for excellence.
• Solution-oriented: Focus on customer results and fair treatment of customers with a risk-aware mindset.
• Partnership: Promoting cooperation and teamwork.