Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht (FINMA)
Bern
12 hours ago
Experienced Risk Manager Stress Testing (m/f/d)
- 31 January 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Bern
Job summary
Join us to enhance own funds requirements and stress testing! Contribute to a dynamic team ensuring financial stability and compliance.
Tasks
- Develop and maintain stress testing tools and methodologies.
- Conduct stress tests, analyze results, and report findings.
- Refine regulatory guidelines for stress testing and capital risks.
Skills
- Master's degree in economics, mathematics, statistics, or physics.
- 5+ years in risk management or finance with stress testing expertise.
- Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
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About the job
Do you want to advocate for adequate capital requirements and stress testing? Then you are in the right place with us!
Main tasks
- Further development and maintenance of stress test tools, methodology, and complementary approaches for measuring and assessing risks
- Conducting stress tests, analyzing and benchmarking the results of various institutions, as well as reporting and communicating the results
- Further development and maintenance of guidelines for supervisory practice on regulatory stress tests, capital, and own funds risks
- Support in maintaining and further developing stress test scenarios
- Development, analysis, and review of reports and data collections
- Close cooperation with line supervision and other internal units to assess risks
Profile
- Completed university degree in economics, mathematics, statistics, or physics
- At least 5 years of professional experience in risk management or finance with knowledge of capital, stress tests, and risk modeling
- Good knowledge of the Basel minimum standards (Basel III final) and their implementation in Switzerland
- Solid programming skills, especially in Python and SQL
- Strong ability to understand complex issues and present them clearly, combined with a reliable, independent, and structured way of working
- Very good German or French skills (C2), good knowledge of the other language (B2), and good English skills (B2)
Perspectives
Marie-Reine Atsama will be happy to provide information.
FINMA supervises the Swiss financial market. It protects the interests of investors, creditors, and insured persons and contributes to the stability and competitiveness of financial market participants through its supervision. More than 700 competent and motivated employees are committed to this every day.
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