• Job Description

  Req#: JR009949

  About Us
  
  Rothschild & Co
  
  Rothschild & Co is a leading global financial services group with seven generations of family control and a history of over 200 years at the centre of the world's financial markets.
  
  Our expertise, intellectual capital and global network enable us to provide a distinct perspective that makes a meaningful difference to our clients, communities and planet.
  
  We have 4,200 talented specialists on the ground in over 40 countries around the world, enabling us to deliver a unique global perspective across four market-leading business divisions – Global Advisory, Wealth Management, Asset Management and Merchant Banking.
  
  As a family-controlled business built on relationships, we place a huge emphasis on our people and finding the right colleagues to take our business forward.
  
  Rothschild & Co is committed to an inclusive and supportive environment where diversity and different perspectives are valued. We are focused on the attraction and recruitment, development and retention and progression of high calibre talent to ensure we and our clients benefit from the value of difference.

  Overview of Role

  As (Junior) Risk Manager within the Risk Department of Rothschild & Co Wealth Management Switzerland, you will join a team of seasoned risk professionals, with the aim to become a partner to the businesses and functions. Together, we support growth and profitability of the Bank and help retaining the appropriate risk management discipline to achieve the Bank’s strategic goals. Through your support of the other team members, including the department head, in their various tasks, you will gain insight across all risk practices, and with growing experience become able to gradually take on additional responsibility.

  Responsibilities

  • Development and execution of the second line of defense controls in the Key Risk areas of the bank
  • Run the incident management process of the bank (including subsidiaries) in cooperation with various teams within the bank and senior management
  • Act as deputy for the daily financial risk controls and custodian bank oversight function.
  • Support the development and maintenance of the Bank’s and Division’s risk management framework, including risk governance and reporting, policies, methodologies and tools, risk and control assessments, definition of risk appetite and determination and monitoring of adequate risk indicators
  • Support of the senior team members in various other tasks (e.g., regular reports, projects, ad-hoc requests etc.)

  Education and Qualifications

  • Bachelor or Master's degree in Business Management, Finance, Business Law or related field
  • Fully computer literate (MS Office, especially in Excel and Power Point)
  • Avaloq user experience would be an additional asset

  Experience, Skills and Competencies Required

  • First experience in the financial service industry (e.g. in the area of risk management, compliance or internal / external audit (up to 3 years post-graduation)
  • Well-developed analytical skills to rapidly understand business situations and issues
  • Ability to build trusted relationships with stakeholders across the Bank
  • Patience and flexibility, alongside being prepared to take on more basic tasks as required
  • Independent work style, self-starter and a reliable personality
  • Fluent in English and German, other languages are considered a plus

  Benefits

  • Rothschild & Co is committed to safeguarding and enhancing the health and wellbeing of all its employees. To support this, Rothschild & Co provides all employees with a range of healthcare services and benefits that aim to support their overall wellbeing
  • We are conducive to creating a working environment and culture where people can succeed
  • We provide a variety of inhouse trainings, as well as tuition assistance for further education and training courses
  • Everyone can choose to incorporate agile working principles into their working week
  • We have learned a great deal about the adaptability, commitment and resilience of our people. We believe there are opportunities for all of us to enhance our working lives and outcomes, by applying a more flexible approach to where and when we work and up to 40% of your work time can be performed from home.

  If you are curious to learn more about us and the role, then please submit your CV and Cover Letter through our recruitment tool.

• About the company

  The banking business of the firm covers the areas of investment banking, restructuring, corporate banking, private equity, asset management, and private banking.

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