Senior Risk Controller

As a Senior Risk Controller, you will play a strategic role in safeguarding the CMC financial stability by identifying, assessing, and mitigating key risks across all areas of the business. You will support the Head of Risk Controlling in leading the development and implementation of risk frameworks, collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. This position offers the opportunity to shape risk governance in a dynamic and evolving financial industry environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the execution of the annual risk inventory including identification, assessment, documentation, and communication.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive risk management frameworks and policies in line with regulatory requirements (e.g., IFD/IFR, WpHG/WpIG, MaRisk, CRD/CRR, MiFiD/MiFiR).
• Oversee risk analysis, scenario planning, and stress testing to assess risk exposure and support capital adequacy assessments in normative and economic perspective (ICAAP/ILAAP).
• Develop, maintain and validate risk models for the purpose of economic ICAAP.
• Monitor key risk indicators (KRIs), risk appetite metrics, and ensure timely escalation and resolution of breaches.
• Prepare high-quality risk reports and dashboards for senior management, risk committees, and supervisory authorities.
• Analyze and assess risks across new products, business processes, and strategic initiatives in line with MaRisk AT 8.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in regulatory matters and support the implementation of new risk-related regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Finance, Compliance, Audit, and Business Units to ensure integrated risk oversight.
• Support the Head of Risk Controlling in delivering high-quality risk oversight and reporting to local and group management.

Key Skills & Experience:

• University degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• Minimum 7–10 years of experience in risk management within banking or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of European and German financial industry regulations, including WpHG/WpIG, MaRisk, CRR/CRD, MiFID/MiFIR, EBA guidelines, and Basel III/IV.
• Fluent in English and German (B2 minimum), both written and spoken.
• Proven experience with risk governance frameworks, ICAAP, ILAAP, stress testing, and risk appetite frameworks.
• Familiarity with internal and external audit processes, regulatory reviews, and supervisory interactions (e.g., Bundesbank, BaFin).
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel Macros and programming languages like Python.