Risk Specialist

Leonteq is a Swiss fintech company with a leading marketplace for structured investment solutions. Based on proprietary modern technology, the company offers derivative investment products and services and predominantly covers the capital protection, yield enhancement and participation product classes. Leonteq acts as both a direct issuer of its own products and as a partner to other financial institutions. Leonteq further enables life insurance companies and banks to produce capital-efficient, unit-linked pension products with guarantees.

Leonteq generated turnover of CHF 27.6 billion and posted total operating income of CHF 238.5 million in 2024. As of 31 December 2024, Leonteq's shareholders' equity totalled CHF 803.8 million.

Leonteq has an investment grade rating from the rating agencies Fitch Ratings Ltd. and Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd., who have evaluated and assigned ratings to Leonteq AG and Leonteq Securities AG, respectively. Furthermore, Leonteq has ESG ratings from both MSCI as well as Sustainalytics.

Leonteq is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: LEON) and is a securities firm regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Authority FINMA and is a member of the Swiss Structured Product Association.

Founded in 2007, Leonteq today has offices and subsidiaries in 13 countries, through which it serves over 50 markets. The company employs over 500 professionals from more than 50 nationalities around the world and brings a young, dynamic and diverse workforce to the global fintech market. Leonteq's Portugal branch opened in October 2021 and is part of Leonteq's initiative to support business growth with the employment of up to 100 designated roles along the entire value chain.

At Leonteq, we are a leading player in the financial industry, renowned for our innovative approaches, our commitment to excellence and our entrepreneurial spirit. Our organisational values people together, passion, dedication, quality and expertise are our guiding north star.

What you'll do

Training Structure

• Report to the Head of Independent Price Verification (IPV) in Zurich
• Contribute to the IPV activities covering underlyings and derivatives for various asset classes, such as equity, funds, credit, fx, rates, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies
• Participate in specific projects and working groups
• Contribute to new developments, improvements, and further automation of the IPV tools and processes in close collaboration with IT
• Review and test new developments
• Interact with Trading, Treasury, Middle Office, IT, Accounting and Project Management teams
• Perform quality checks to ensure integrity of bookings and trade capture
• Perform ad-hoc analysis on various risk and valuation related topics
• Derivatives: multi-asset, Greeks, hedging techniques
• Structured Products: usage, representation, risks;
• System: Sophis, Bloomberg, Refinitiv
• Analysis techniques
• Risk Control frameworks – valuation and product control
• Process and control design and analysis

What you'll need

• Master in Finance, Financial Engineering or a quantitative discipline
• Attention to details
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Knowledge of simple Derivatives
• Microsoft Office (Excel, VBA, Word, PowerPoint)
• Basic database (SQL) and Python skills
• Team player
• Fluent in English, written and spoken

Why you'll love working here

• Two intensive one-week off-site training classes, focusing on important aspects of early career development
• Upon successful completion of the twelve-month Leonteq Graduate Program, we plan to offer you a permanent full-time employment, which will position you for a continued successful career with Leonteq
• Insight opportunities across all departments to understand and build know-how in the mechanics of the structured investment product value chain
• Modern offices in exceptional location