Senior Risk Analyst

Are you interested in joining Group Treasury and contribute in analysing and optimizing the bank’s balance sheet?
In Swedbank you have the opportunity to:
- Contribute in further developing the first line of defence function for the market risks in the banking book
- Perform periodic and ad hoc reviews of the market risk limits and of the underlying limits framework
- Perform periodic risk materiality assessments, analyse and explain developments in market risk positions
- Provide analytical support to Group Treasury Front Office to enable optimal positioning for market risk hedging
- Ensure ongoing compliance with relevant market risk policies and regulatory requirements
- Identify potential risk control gaps and effectively develop and deploy plans for addressing them
- Facilitate effective communication with the Risk organisation and proactively set requirements for the risk reporting and methodology changes
- Update, document and formalise key risk processes and frameworks
- Drive improvement initiatives for risk processes and reporting and contribute in developing the market risk analytical tools
- Review risk methodologies and models and propose improvements in risk measurement.



What is needed in this role:
- More than 5 years of experience working with the Asset & Liability Management, Market Risk (banking book or trading book), IRRBB, Counterpart Credit Risk, etc.
- Strong academic background with a Master’s degree in a relevant field, e.g. Economics, Finance, Engineering or Mathematics
- Strong analytical skills and a good working knowledge of the bank’s balance sheet, income statements, market risk and relevant regulations
- Ability to carry out tasks with limited guidance and with a strong drive for continuous improvement
- Able to focus on the big picture and explain complex matters in a simple and comprehensible way
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
- Experience with relevant analytical tools or programming (i.e. Focus ALM, QRM, Algorithmics, SQL, SAS, etc.) would be appreciated
- Excellent communication skills in English


At Swedbank we believe that people are our core strength. Our culture is built on respect, inclusion and openness. We support the continuous development and enable you to take the lead in your career and find inspiring challenges. We take care of your well-being by providing a sustainable and flexible working environment. As an employee, you will be part of the Group performance program, offered a company pension plan, optional health insurance, as well as other benefits. We are guided by our values: Open, Simple and Caring. It’s all about delivering a positive and unique experience for our customers through collaboration and teamwork - together we make a difference.

Join our team and...
be a part of a dynamic team focusing on providing value adding advice to senior management and other internal stakeholders for optimizing the balance sheet structure of the bank. The Balance Sheet Strategy and Analytics team, part of the Risk Analytics team in Group Treasury, focuses mainly on monitoring and managing the market risks in the banking book (i.e. primarily interest rate and FX risks) and providing analytics to support the funding planning of the bank. Our activities are to a large extent ad hoc and span across different areas such as risk identification and measurement, risk management, regulations, internal steering, etc. which creates a good platform for furthering your career within Treasury or Risk organisation". Harris Pentotis, your future manager

We look forward to receiving your application by 12.09.2022.
Location: Stockholm

Contacts

Recruiting manager: Harris Pentotis, +46 76 101 8577

SACO: Henrik Joelsson

Finansförbundet: Åke Skoglund, +46 858 59 02 88

We may begin the selection during the application period, so we welcome your application as soon as possible.

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Swedbank does not discriminate anybody based on gender, age, sexual orientation or sexual identity, ethnicity, religion or disability - everybody is welcome.

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