Head of Controlling & Risk - Director

Overview As Head of Controlling Risk, you lead a multidisciplinary team to identify, monitor, and challenge credit, market, liquidity, and operational risks in line with the Board's risk appetite. You own the risk framework, report to the Risk Committee and Board, and drive risk-informed decision making across governance bodies and regulators. You shape risk strategy, oversee key risk areas, and lead change initiatives to strengthen resilience. This role offers strategic influence in a fast-growing, international bank with a focus on sustainable risk practices.

Verantwortungsbereiche Define the department's priorities and operating model, lead and develop managers, manage resources and upskill the team Produce and present risk reports to Risk Committee, Executive Management and the Board; escalate material risk developments and incidents Maintain and improve the Group risk management framework, policies, risk appetite monitoring, risk taxonomy, controls and reporting standards Provide strategic direction and effective challenge across risk areas; act as senior point of contact for C ensure alignment with regulatory requirements Contribute to New Business Initiative risk analyses, process improvements, automation and risk-related transformations In-scope products include securities, derivatives, cryptocurrencies, eFX, and CFDs across various underlyings Zentrale Anforderungen Master's degree in a relevant field; FRM, CFA or equivalent is an

asset 10+ years in a leadership role in banking, financial services, risk management or related field Experience leading multiple risk disciplines or multidisciplinary teams Strong strategic leadership and managing multidisciplinary expert teams Broad expertise in credit, market, liquidity and operational risk in banking Solid knowledge of Swiss banking regulation, FINMA expectations and Basel standards (Category 3 bank) Strong strategic thinking, business acumen and judgement Pragmatic, solutions-oriented with balance between risk, growth and efficiency Strong communication, presentation and writing skills for risk reports and Board materials Confident, independent, credible with ability to challenge and maintain high integrity Technology-minded with interest in digitalisation, data and AI Additional: ICT, cyber and data-security risk understanding; experience with GRC platforms, RCSA,

KRI and incident management; data science, AI and automation applied to risk monitoring strong leadership effective communication strategic thinking risk management across credit, market, liquidity and operational risk risk governance and reporting KRI, RCSA, incident management