Germany and Austria | Experienced Consultant Risk & Balance Sheet Management

True North Partners LLP; Frankfurt; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

True North Partners LLP seeks a Senior Consultant to strengthen its European team in Frankfurt on a hybrid basis. You will work on risk management, balance sheet optimization and regulatory capital topics for financial institutions, leveraging post-graduate risk/finance qualifications and potentially CFA/FRM credentials.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in banking/financial services risk management, consulting experience, and a commercial mindset to build client relationships and contribute to

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in banking and financial services risk management and/or financial resources management.
• Strong understanding of prudential requirements for banks.
• Post-graduate Risk, Finance or Quantitative qualification, supplemented with professional qualifications (e.g., CFA, FRM), with strong analytical foundation.
• Consulting background highly preferable.
• Commercial mindset and ability to develop and grow personal client relationships and networks.
• Ability to participate and contribute to marketing efforts, relationship management and commercial proposals.
• Experience with subject matter expertise such as ICAAP/ILAAP, capital/liquidity management and planning, ERM, stress testing, regulatory and economic capital, recovery and resolution planning, balance sheet management, credit portfolio management, FTP/ALM, regulatory liquidity ratios.
• Strong presentation skills and an ability to effectively communicate with senior and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience delivering high-priority projects under pressure and guiding junior team members.
• Interest in supporting business development and contributing to commercial success.
• Creative and lateral thinking with an intellectually curious mind.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen our European team as a Senior Consultant.
• Participate in and lead projects in banking risk management and finance.
• Develop and grow client relationships and networks.
• Contribute to marketing efforts, proposals and business development.
• Deliver high-quality analyses on ICAAP/ILAAP, ERM, stress testing, and capital management.
• Collaborate with junior team members to execute project tasks.
• Shape a professional, team-oriented consulting environment.

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Dynamic

Commercial mindset

Client relationship development

Marketing participation

Presentation skills

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Education

Post-graduate Risk/Finance/Quantitative qualification

CFA

FRM

Job description

Germany and Austria | Experienced Consultant Risk & Balance Sheet Management

• Hybrid
• Frankfurt , Germany

Who we are

True North Partners LLP is an independent consulting firm with presence in Amsterdam, Dubai, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Lisbon, London and Madrid, Singapore. We have extensive global experience and industry recognition in the financial services, risk management and finance communities.

True North Partners is uniquely distinct from the typical consultant firms due to the following:

Being a boutique consulting firm focused on risk, finance and strategy, we deliver innovative concepts and methodologies based on specialist experience and analytical backgrounds

Working across multifaceted competencies of risk, finance and strategy we overcome the traditional silo thinking and offer client-specific solutions as well as sustainable implementation development strategies

Being people driven we allow members of all levels to actively participate in the running and development of our young firm

What we offer

Our company is built for and around its people. It is part of our culture for each member of the firm to take part in the running and development of True North Partners such as business development, marketing and management tasks. A sense of ownership for the firm is a central tenet to our overall behaviour. In particular, we offer:

Challenging projects with leading financial institutions around the globe, where we are at the fore-front of innovation in products and methodologies

A motivating, inspiring and team-oriented work environment with co-workers from a variety of hemispheres and backgrounds

The opportunity to help shape a unique, professional environment with flat hierarchies and superior career opportunities

Job requirements

What we expect

We are looking for an entrepreneurial and dynamic Senior Consultant to strengthen our European team.

3+ years of experience in banking and financial services risk management and / or financial resources management

Strong understanding of prudential requirements for banks

Post-graduate Risk, Finance or Quantitative qualification, supplemented with professional qualifications (e.g., CFA, FRM), with strong analytical foundation

Consulting background highly preferable

Commercial mindset and ability to develop and grow personal client relationships and networks

Ability to participate and contribute to marketing efforts, relationship management and commercial proposals

Sound understanding of and practical experience with subject matter expertise (at leading financial institutions) such as:

ICAAP / ILAAP, capital / liquidity management and planning

Risk appetite and risk strategy, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and risk frameworks

Stress Testing, scenario analysis and forecasting

Regulatory and economic capital (incl. capital & RWA optimization)

Recovery and resolution planning

Balance sheet management / financial resource management

Credit portfolio management and profitability optimisation

Funds transfer pricing (FTP), asset liability management (ALM), regulatory liquidity ratios (e.g., LCR / NSFR)

Strong presentation skills and an ability to effectively communicate with senior and non-technical stakeholders

Experience with the delivery of high-priority projects and activities, under pressurized conditions

Experience with leading more junior team members with the execution of project tasks

A keen interest in supporting business development and contributing to the commercial success of our firm

Creative and lateral thinking as well as an intellectually curious mind

Ability to structure complex tasks in a goal-oriented way and deliver innovative solutions under tight timelines