In this role you will help the Financial Risk Management team with the data maintenance in the credit risk database and as well as with credit and market risk related reporting.
The credit risk database gathers credit risk information from different IT systems.
Missing data are enriched using various alternative data sources, such as rating agencies, companies’ homepages, Bloomberg terminal etc. Credit risk fields such as rating and corporate and industry structure are data quality controlled and in case of errors corrected. Data maintenance and quality checks include reconciliation of the reported data with other data sources (e.g. financial statements, local and other Group systems data fields) and interacting with local reporting units to ensure high level of data quality. Further you would support the risk reporting activities of the team.
Approximate volume of work is 40 - 80% on a permanent basis. We are looking for a self-reliant, friendly and open minded personality.
Your Role
As a Working student in Financial Risk Data and Reporting your main responsibilities will involve:
- Support maintenance of Group Credit Risk Data Base
- Ensure consistency across the credit risk products such as investments, surety or trade credit, reinsurance and captives, cash, derivatives and other credit exposures of the Group
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of credit information in the Group Credit Risk Data Base
- Support the financial risk team members with ad hoc requests
- Generate standardized credit and market risk reports or provide underlying data
- Help with risk analysis and data quality tasks
Your Skills and Experience
As a Working student in Financial Risk Data and Reporting your skills and qualifications will ideally include:
- University student with at least 2 semesters in economics, business administration, finance or related field of studies
- Hands-on practical approach
- Self-initiated and independent working approach
- Basic understanding of financial markets and financial products is an advantage
- Basic knowledge of financial/balance sheet analysis of corporates and banks is an advantage
- Good knowledge of Excel
- Fluent in English and German (written and spoken)
- Flexible and committed personality with team spirit and interpersonal skills
- Pronounced focus on results
- Accurate, effective and efficient working methods
Work location is Zurich.
If you value an exciting and varied working environment and meet the above requirements, then we look forward to receiving your application by clicking on the button “Apply online”.