Risk Manager

TALEO Consulting Group; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TALEO Consulting Group is seeking a risk professional to help identify, monitor and mitigate financial risks across banking and investment activities. You will design stress tests, analyse outcomes, and prepare risk dashboards for governance and regulatory reporting.

The role requires strong analytical skills, proficiency in Excel and familiarity with Python/SQL, with English working proficiency and autonomy in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial risk management, risk analysis or risk control within a bank, asset manager or financial institution.
• Solid understanding of risk frameworks and at least one area of expertise: market, credit, counterparty, liquidity or valuation risk.
• Familiarity with stress testing, scenario analysis, risk limits, exposure monitoring and relevant quantitative indicators.
• Knowledge of financial products, portfolio risks and banking/asset-management processes; regulatory awareness (e.g., Basel/CRR) is an advantage.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel; Python, SQL, VBA or dedicated risk systems are a plus.
• Ability to interpret complex data, investigate discrepancies, produce clear risk reporting and challenge stakeholders constructively.
• Rigour, autonomy, communication skills and professional working proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, measure and monitor financial risks across banking and investment activities.
• Design, execute and analyse stress-testing exercises and scenarios.
• Monitor VaR, Expected Shortfall, sensitivities and exposures.
• Analyse risk exposures, investigate breaches and coordinate remediation.
• Assess counterparty creditworthiness and concentration risks where relevant.
• Contribute to liquidity risk monitoring and funding analyses when required.
• Review valuations, market data and pricing assumptions as applicable.
• Produce risk dashboards and regulatory reporting; support governance and audits.
• Participate in model and methodology reviews and data-quality controls.
• Collaborate with Front Office, Risk, Finance and Compliance to communicate risks.

Skills

Risk management

Risk analysis

Risk control

Excel

Python

SQL

VBA

Communication skills

English proficiency

Tools

Excel

Python

SQL

VBA

Job description

Typical responsibilities (depending on your expertise and the assignment):

• Identify, assess, measure and monitor financial risks across banking and investment activities, including market, credit, counterparty and liquidity risk, depending on the assignment.
• Design, execute and analyse stress-testing exercises (historical, hypothetical and reverse scenarios), evaluate portfolio resilience and propose mitigation actions.
• Monitor relevant risk indicators and limits: VaR, Expected Shortfall, sensitivities, exposures, concentration metrics, PD/LGD/EAD, LCR or NSFR, as applicable.
• Analyse risk exposures and portfolio changes, investigate breaches and anomalies, document findings and coordinate escalation and remediation.
• Assess counterparty creditworthiness, potential exposure, collateral and concentration risks where relevant to the scope.
• Contribute to liquidity risk monitoring, cash-flow and funding analyses, and liquidity stress scenarios when required.
• Review financial instrument valuations, market data, pricing assumptions and independent price verification (IPV), where applicable.
• Produce risk dashboards, management and regulatory reporting; support risk governance, internal controls and audit requests.
• Participate in model and methodology reviews, backtesting, data-quality controls and improvements to risk processes and tools.
• Collaborate with Front Office, Risk, Finance, Treasury/ALM, Compliance and other stakeholders to communicate key risks and recommendations.

Required profile.

• Experience in financial risk management, risk analysis or risk control within a bank, asset manager or financial institution.
• Solid understanding of risk frameworks and at least one area of expertise: market, credit, counterparty, liquidity or valuation risk.
• Familiarity with stress testing, scenario analysis, risk limits, exposure monitoring and relevant quantitative indicators.
• Knowledge of financial products, portfolio risks and banking/asset-management processes; regulatory awareness (e.g., Basel/CRR) is an advantage.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel; Python, SQL, VBA or dedicated risk systems are a plus.
• Ability to interpret complex data, investigate discrepancies, produce clear risk reporting and challenge stakeholders constructively.
• Rigour, autonomy, communication skills and professional working proficiency in English.

We are always on the lookout for talented people to enrich our culture and growing family.