Operational Risk & Resilience Lead - Digital Asset Banking

Sygnum Bank; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 260.000 - 320.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Mentoring program

Buddy program

Sabbatical after 5 years

Zusammenfassung

Sygnum Bank is seeking a Head of Operational Risk & Resilience to lead the second-line risk function for a regulated digital asset bank. Reporting to the Chief Risk Officer, you will own the operational risk framework end-to-end and drive resilience under FINMA Circular 2023/1 across custody, trading, tokenisation and banking businesses.

This hands-on leadership role requires directing a lean team, delivering substantive risk analysis, and ensuring independent challenge to the Group Executive

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of experience in operational or non-financial risk management within a regulated bank or financial institution; multiple years in a leadership or senior second-line role.
• Hands-on profile: able to own methodology and committee papers in a lean team.
• Strong technology affinity and genuine interest in digital assets; able to discuss custody infrastructure, key management, cloud and 24/7 market operations.
• Excellent written and spoken English; German is a strong advantage for Swiss regulatory context.

Aufgaben

• Own and continuously develop the operational risk management framework: policy, RCSA methodology, incident and loss data management, issue management, scenario analysis and integration with the Risk Appetite Framework.
• Lead the operational resilience programme under FINMA Circular 2023/1: critical function mapping, impact tolerances, scenario testing and second-line oversight of business continuity management.
• Provide second-line oversight and challenge of outsourcing and third-party risk management in line with FINMA requirements.
• Own operational risk reporting: design and produce KRIs, integrated risk reports and committee papers for the Group Executive Board and risk committees.
• Represent operational risk towards regulator, external and internal audit, including remediation items and regulatory submissions.
• Lead, develop and prioritise a small team, coordinating operational risk matters across group entities.
• Drive modernisation of risk tooling, including AI-augmented reporting and risk documentation.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Regulatory knowledge

English

German (advantage)

Communication

Tech affinity

Jobbeschreibung

Sygnum Bank is seeking a Head of Operational Risk & Resilience to lead the second-line risk function for a regulated digital asset bank. Reporting to the Chief Risk Officer, you will own the operational risk framework end-to-end and drive resilience under FINMA Circular 2023/1 across custody, trading, tokenisation and banking businesses.

This hands-on leadership role requires directing a lean team, delivering substantive risk analysis, and ensuring independent challenge to the Group Executive