Risk Manager Credit Risks (m/f/d)
Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht (FINMA)
Bern
Key information
- Publication date:17 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
Join FINMA to enhance your expertise in credit risk management. Exciting opportunities await in a dynamic work environment!
Tasks
- Support projects in developing regulatory frameworks for credit and mortgage sectors.
- Conduct supervisory discussions on credit risks with banks and insurers.
- Lead on-site controls in credit risks, ensuring thorough documentation.
Skills
- Degree in economics, finance, or a related field required.
- Strong analytical skills with a focus on complex issues.
- Excellent communication skills in German or French and English.
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Would you like to contribute your know-how in the field of credit risk management to FINMA? Do you find it exciting to identify and classify the main risks of the Swiss financial market and its players? Then apply today!
Main tasks
- Professional and organizational support in projects to further develop the regulatory framework in the credit and mortgage sector (of banks and insurance companies)
- Conducting supervisory discussions on credit risks with specialists and line representatives of banks and insurance companies, as well as with representatives of audit firms and other authorities
- Professional leadership in on-site inspections in the area of credit risks including preparation, follow-up, and documentation of results
- Assessment of the risk situation in the lending of individual banks as well as conducting, evaluating, and risk assessment of analyses of credit cases taking into account both internal bank and regulatory risk metrics
- In-depth clarification of anomalies and related problems of the supervised institutions
- Handling internal and external professional questions on topics from the credit and mortgage sector
- Close cooperation with the responsible line supervisory function or other internal organizational units in credit risk-related supervisory dialogues
- Development, processing, analysis, and review of reports and data collections with credit risk-relevant information
Profile
- University or university of applied sciences degree in economics (e.g., finance, banking with a quantitative focus) or in a comparable field
- Three to seven years of professional experience in credit risk management or financial sector at banks or audit firms with a focus on credit or mortgage market areas
- Experience with the Swiss mortgage market, ideally as a Credit Officer
- Strong ability to understand complex contexts and communicate appropriately in writing and orally
- Good data analysis skills
- High judgment combined with professional, confident demeanor and negotiation skills
- Independent, proactive working style even in complex situations
- Very good German or French skills (C2) as well as good knowledge of the other language (B2) and good English skills (B2)
Perspectives
Fabio Pelliccia will be happy to provide information.
FINMA supervises the Swiss financial market. It protects the interests of investors, creditors, and insured persons and contributes with its supervision to the stability and competitiveness of financial market players. For this, over 700 competent and motivated employees are committed daily.
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