Senior Risk Controller

About the role

The Risk Controlling department is responsible for establishing and maintaining a robust, group-wide risk management framework aligned with Basel principles and guidelines. You will lead normative ICAAP management, oversee the Recovery Plan, manage new product and process oversight, and prepare risk reporting for senior management and regulatory authorities.

What you'll do

• Lead Normative ICAAP Management: Oversee the normative perspective of the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), ensuring continuous regulatory capital compliance for the bank and the group across a multi-year planning horizon, including adverse and stress scenarios.
• Develop and Maintain the Recovery Plan: Own the bank's Recovery Plan, including the monitoring and monthly reporting of recovery indicators to the Management Board for early detection of financial or operational crises.
• Manage New Product & Process Oversight (NPP / AT 8.2): Drive Risk Controlling's involvement in New Product Processes (NPP) and significant process/IT changes (MaRisk AT 8.2), providing independent risk assessments and sign-offs for new business models, products, or organizational restructuring.
• Prepare Risk Reporting & Governance: Contribute to and prepare risk reports for senior management, governance bodies, and regulatory authorities (BaFin/Bundesbank), providing deep-dive analyses into risk concentrations and capital adequacy.
• Coordinate the Annual Risk Inventory: Support the annual risk inventory process to identify all material risks including credit, market, operational, and ESG factors and establish a comprehensive, uniform risk profile.
• Execute and Oversee the Biennial LSI Stress Test: Manage the end-to-end execution of the LSI Stress Test, coordinating data collection across departments, performing sensitive results analysis, and ensuring the timely submission of high-quality results to supervisory authorities (BaFin/Bundesbank).

What you'll need

• Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Risk Management, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in risk management or risk consulting within the banking or financial services sector.
• Hands-on experience with core regulatory processes, specifically ICAAP, Recovery Planning, and New Product/Process Oversight (NPP/AT 8.2).
• Solid knowledge of regulatory requirements, including MaRisk and Basel III.
• Experience with risk management systems and tools.
• Strong analytical capability, sound judgment, and a structured approach to risk management in a regulated banking environment.
• Strong communication skills to effectively work across functions and present complex risk topics to senior management.
• A proactive, independent working style demonstrating strong ownership and meticulous attention to detail.

Nice to have

• Professional certifications.

What they offer

• Employee Development Budget of 2,000 EUR and four full training days per year.
• Flexible working hours, home office and 30 vacation days.
• Company pension scheme (Betriebliche Altersvorsorge) with 20% employer contribution.
• Urban Sports Club membership subsidy of over 20 EUR per month.
• Deutschland Ticket subsidy of 25 EUR per month.
• Relocation support available.