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Financial Risk Specialist III

Employee | Risk Management | Professional | Belgium | Brussels | 2024-10-29 | REQ-10081960

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Financial Risk Specialist III (functionclass 16)

We are looking for a colleague with a talent for taking it on and making it happen, enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and a knack for always being a step ahead. In other words, you strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are a naturally collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems. 

Your key responsibilities as Financial Risk Specialist:

•    Be a central player in a key risk management team, ensuring appropriate identification and management of markets, model and interest rate risks, anticipating markets and industry developments ensuring that we stay a step ahead with a forward-looking perspective
•    Ensure that all (sub-) types of interest rate risks are appropriately managed and in line with the risk appetite of the Bank, by developing and enhancing risk dashboards and analytical capabilities of the team
•    Support the client behavior modelling activities while developing and maintaining a sound approach to these critical activities
•    Actively participate in the definition of the risk framework of the Bank in a continuously evolving environment, to ensure we serve our customers the best way possible while managing the related risks
•    Provide in depth analyses on interest rate risks and market risk economic capital, aligning with colleagues from the commercial network, Finance, Group Treasury and Financial Markets departments to ensure the adequacy of your analyses
•    Contribute to critical change programs to improve the depth and quality of our data-driven risk management practice

As a Financial Risk specialist on interest rate risks, you will need:

•    Master degree in financial economics or equivalent (preferably with a quantitative focus) and 5 years of relevant professional experience 
•    Good understanding of the current and evolving regulatory environment, specifically on IRRBB and Trading environments, and their implications to manage key interest rate risks
•    Good in-depth knowledge of financial instruments (e.g. bonds, derivatives, etc.) and ideally of banks’ balance-sheet dynamics
•    Experience of market risk management is a plus
•    Proficient use of Office applications and affinity with data management, ideally complemented by practical use of Front office applications (e.g. Murex, Summit, etc.)
•    Good oral and written skills in English, and Dutch and/or French 
Are you also someone who is:
•    Analytically driven and a ‘problem solving’ person: you are able to collect and analyses large set of information, you develop ideas and solutions, and you implement them
•    A good communicator with a strong drive to success: you are able to express complex topics in simple terms, both written and orally
•    A team player while mastering autonomous work: you work closely together with other team members in a flexible and constructive way, and you easily collaborate with the main stakeholders of the team. You are also capable of driving changes autonomously and in a team setup.
•    Capable of working with tight deadlines and adapt to a fast changing environment

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