EY Manager Financial Services Risk Management - 

Latvia, Vidzeme, Riga 

385550893

As a Manager in Financial Services Risk Management, you will have the chance to work on projects at market leading banks in such regions as Baltics, Nordics, Central Europe and even Central Asia. The work will require a combination of hard and soft skills, meaning it will provide an exciting mix of direct communication with top management of Banks, active participation in problem-solving, hands-on development of new solutions, and significant use of data & technical skills.

Your key responsibilities

• Develop, document, implement and validate analytical tools and models to manage financial risk in decision making & regulatory reporting process in the Financial Sector.
• Apply statistical, economic, financial or mathematical techniques and assumptions to business, financial, and risk management problems.
• Directly communicate with Banks & Fis, manage stakeholders, support them in analyzing and suggesting ways to manage financial (credit risk, market risk, etc) and in some occasions non-financial risks (AML, Sanctions, Fraud, ESG, etc).
• Assess, design and transform risk operations, processes and frameworks to drive desired outcomes, including leveraging of enterprise risk assessment techniques.
• Continuously improve processes and the identification of innovative solutions through research and analysis and experience of best practices.
• Effectively manage and deliver one or more projects and/or solutions, directly communicate with Clients, ensuring a focus on quality and effective time management.
• Manage professional employees or supervise others to deliver complex technical initiatives with accountability for performance and results.
• Meet performance objectives and other metrics set locally.

Skills and attributes for success

• Successful experience in the Banking sector in the areas of Financial Risk Management or Finance is mandatory.
• Hands on experience with any of the following: Credit Risk, CRR3, RWA, IFSR9, Model Risk Management, Quantitative Financial Modelling, Risk Assessments, Risk Modelling, ICAAP, ILAAP, Stress Testing, Data Analysis and Interpretation, IRRBB.
• Education in either Finance and Business, Physics, Mathematics and Statistics, IT.
• Excellent Excel, and proficient SQL or Python or R skills, with Power BI skills considered as an advantage.
• Additional experience in AML, Sanctions, Fraud areas in the Banking sector or general Big4 experience will be considered an advantage.
• Excellent English and Latvian skills, any other languages will be considered an advantage as we work with international clients.

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