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Junior Risk Specialist in ICAAP (all genders)

Location:

Vienna

Working-Hours:

Full-time

Occupation Area:

Risk management

Company:

Erste Group Bank AG

Erste Group was founded in 1819 as the first Austrian savings bank and today it is one of the largest banking groups in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). As an attractive employer, Erste Group offers interesting career opportunities in an international environment.

The ICAAP team within the Enterprise-wide Risk Management (ERM) division, ensures group-wide risk portfolio steering based on a holistic, cross-risk oversight of risks. We support the Erste Group's management with a robust enterprise-wide risk management framework to ensure that the bank group has the capacity to bear its acquired risks. We also ensure that new emerging risk types (such as ESG risks) are reflected in the overall risk framework.As a member of our team, you will play an important role in strengthening and further developing ICAAP products, specifically limit framework (concentration-related limits, strategic limits…) and risk assessment based on, but exclusively, impact on Erste Group's capital adequacy.

Your Tasks

• ​​​​​Collaborate on refining the industry limit framework, integrating considerations for concentration risks to bolster risk management practices
• Support in developments of strategic limits at the group level, ensuring they are aligned with organizational objectives, and facilitate their cascading to local entities for cohesive risk management
• Assist in the ongoing monitoring of risk exposures vis-a-vis established limits, promptly identifying and escalating any breaches to relevant stakeholders for timely intervention and mitigation
• Support on developing comprehensive measures to assess risk exposure and risk materiality, leveraging insights to inform management decisions on appropriate risk mitigation strategies and actions
• Developing and utilizing methodologies for risk assessments based on scenario and sensitivities analysis
• Conduct thorough materiality assessments using a range of indicators, aligning them with Erste Group's capital adequacy requirements to ensure accurate risk quantification and management
• Exhibiting the ability to interpret and analyze results, translating outputs into actionable insights for enhancing risk management strategies
• Undertake various tasks related to the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), such as refining risk methodologies, enhancing risk reporting capabilities, and implementing regulatory requirements to strengthen the overall risk steering framework
• Overseeing the consistent application of ICAAP standards, methodologies, models, systems, and processes across the entire group, ensuring uniformity and compliance

Your Background

• ​​​​​University degree in Quantitative Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or a related area
• Strong quantitative and analytical mind, coupled with the ability to interpret from an economic perspective the output of risk models
• Good commands in programming languages for advanced data analytics and modeling (such as Python, R, SAS)
• Previous internship experience in ICAAP or risk management and knowledge of the relevant regulations
• Proven track record of effectively utilizing risk models and methodologies for assessing and managing risks would be considered as a plus
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Excellent German (first language is a plus) and English commands in written and verbal communication

Our Offer

• ​​​​​An exciting and challenging responsibility area with significant individual responsibility
• The possibility to work in an international and highly motivated team
• Commitment to support you in your professional and personal development
• Discover and enjoy the benefits of Erste Group
• The minimum wage for this full-time position in accordance with the collective agreement with complete fulfillment of the functional profile is EUR 43.554,-- gross per year. But this is just a formality - we would be happy to talk about your actual salary in person!
• We offer our employees the opportunity to divide their hours between working from home and at the office.
• We consider the diversity of our employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.

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