Risk Analyst (f/m/d)

Field of activity

Eurex Clearing is one of the leading central counterparties globally — assuring the safety and integrity of markets while providing innovation in risk management, clearing technology and client asset protection. We clear the broadest scope of products under a single framework in Europe — both listed products and OTC — and accept the world’s widest spectrum of eligible collateral. We stand between the buyer and the seller, which makes us central counterparty for all our client’s transactions. We mitigate counterparty risk and maximize operational efficiency.

As a Risk Analyst, your responsibilities include monitoring of stress testing exposures from member portfolios, assessing credit-, concentration- and wrong way risk limit utilizations as well as the monitoring of liquidity needs and capital requirements of the CCP. Furthermore, you create comprehensive risk management reports for internal and external bodies and support the senior management decision making process in view of the CCP’s overall risk situation.

Tasks/responsibilities

• Monitor and analyse credit and liquidity stress testing exposures,
• Assess and mitigate credit-, concentration- and wrong way risk- limit utilizations,
• Regularly create comprehensive risk management reports and disclosures, including event-driven analyses,
• Maintain and enhance data-driven risk management tools and related documentation,
• Work in close collaboration with IT to accompany the development and automation processes, including preparation of business requirements and performing business acceptance testing,
• Support the extensions of service offerings of Eurex Clearing.
• Close coordination with other departments in preparing regulatory reports and responding to Clearing Members’, supervisory authorities’ and audit-related requests.

Qualifications/required skills

• Higher education degree, ideally in Finance, Economics or quantitative discipline,
• Profound and proven experience in risk management or similar roles,
• Good understanding of financial markets with knowledge of at least one of the following asset classes: Listed equity and fixed income derivatives, bonds, SFTs, FX, or interest rate swaps,
• Excellent analytical skills as well as high results orientation and very good communication skills,
• Efficient team player with a high degree of organisational self-reliance,
• Excellent communication skills to work in a team split across two different locations (Germany and Czech Republic),
• Expertise with software requirements analysis, specification, prototyping and testing,
• Proficiency in written and spoken English; additional German language skills will be an asset,
• Excellent command of MS office, practical experience with databases (SQL) and at least one common programming language (e.g., Python).

You can look forward to our benefit package:

• Hybrid working model
• Discounted company shares
• Meal allowance & Flexible benefit account
• Free Multisport card & annual transportation ticket in Prague
• High-coverage life and accident insurance & Pension Fund contribution
• Extra Vacation days
• Personal Learning & development budget
• Company initiatives (LGBT+ network, ToastMasters, Women@DBG, ...) and way more!