Hybrid Senior Manager, Credit Risk

at Zanders

• Job title: Senior Manager, Credit Risk
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: Python, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

About the role

• Senior Manager in Financial Risk team at Zanders engaged in credit risk projects. Advise clients, guide consultants, and influence business operations in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• As a Senior Manager in the Financial Risk team at Zanders, you will be engaged in a diverse range of quantitative risk projects, focussing on credit risk and ESG
• Collaborating within multidisciplinary teams to tackle complex challenges and craft actionable models that our clients can readily implement
• Advising our clients on matters related to their risk models, policies, and governance
• Working on business development and to support sales initiatives in the financial risk area
• Guiding consultants not only on project work, but support them throughout their career journey
• Having a maximum of four direct reports and substantial influence on the business with higher level of responsibility than usual

Requirements

• A Master's degree in econometrics, mathematics, physics, quantitative finance, statistics, or related topics
• Strong interest in developing, designing and performing the quantification of credit risk
• 8-10 years of experience in model development and/or validation, as well as broader risk governance in the credit risk area (relevant topics include, but are not limited to, IRB and credit portfolio modelling, IFRS 9, stress testing or ESG)
• A sizeable network in the German banking industry
• Regulatory understanding and preferably experience with TRIM missions, IMIs, OSIs etc.
• Strong knowledge of programming tools (e.g. R, Python, SQL, MatLab, SAS)
• Ambitious, entrepreneurial, innovative mindset
• Exceptional analytical skills
• Flexible to travel
• Fluent in German and English.

Benefits

• A hybrid work environment, that promotes a healthy work-life balance
• Participation in the Zanders bonus scheme
• 30 paid holiday days
• A laptop and an iPhone
• An entrepreneurial culture that values personal development, with ample room for initiatives
• Expertise in your chosen field, building skills rapidly alongside diverse clients and consultants
• A truly collegiate environment with enthusiastic and helpful colleagues, fostering career excellence in Risk or Technology
• An international and fun working environment, annual Zanders's trip to a (surprise) location in Europe and many more exciting experiences to come!