Head of Controlling & Risk - Director

The Head Controlling & Risk leads the Controlling & Risk department and oversees a multidisciplinary team of approximately 20 employees organised across specialised risks. The role is responsible for ensuring that credit, market, liquidity, operational and related regulatory risks are identified, monitored, challenged and reported across the Group in line with the risk appetite defined by the Board of Directors. The role also oversees the Group’s internal control framework, ensuring that key controls, governance standards and related documentation remain effective, consistent and appropriately monitored. The Head Controlling & Risk provides strategic direction and effective challenge across various areas, acting as the senior point of contact for C&R teams, other internal stakeholders, governance bodies and regulators on Controlling & Risk matters. Responsibilities include leadership and department management, risk governance and reporting, risk framework ownership, overseeing credit, market and liquidity risks, operational risk management, reconciliation activities, consolidated supervision, regulatory relations, and contributing to projects, change and new business initiatives.

At Swissquote, we’re all in. All in to shake things up. All in to build the bank people actually want to use. All in to make finance less boring — and a lot more powerful. We’re Switzerland’s leading digital bank — 1,500+ people across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, building real financial solutions for over a million clients worldwide. From trading and investing to everyday banking, we cover the full picture. We move fast, but we build things we’re genuinely proud of. Growing fast creates room. Room to try things, own things, and grow at a pace most places can’t offer. Whether you like the spotlight or prefer to just put your head down and do great work, there’s space for both here. We’ve ditched the dress code — but never the chance to celebrate. Big win or small, we make it count. The kind of place where the atmosphere takes care of itself. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to join our team and contribute to our shared success.

• Master's degree in a relevant field; a recognised professional qualification in risk, internal controls, audit or finance (e.g. FRM, PRM, CIA, CRMA, CISA or CFA) is strongly preferred.

• 10+ years of experience in a leadership position in banking, financial services, risk management or a related field, including substantial leadership experience, ideally within a regulated and international financial institution.

• Proven experience with responsibility for multiple risk disciplines and/or multidisciplinary teams, including exposure to risk governance, internal control frameworks and organisational or control maturity initiatives.

• Strong strategic leadership and experience managing multidisciplinary expert teams.

• Broad expertise in credit, market, liquidity and operational risk within a banking environment.

• Solid knowledge of Swiss banking regulation, FINMA expectations and Basel standards, ideally within a Category 3 bank.

• Strong strategic thinking, business acumen and judgement.

• Pragmatic and solutions-oriented, with the ability to balance risk, business growth and operational efficiency.

• Strong communication, presentation and writing skills, including risk reports, policies and Board-level materials.

• Confident constructive challenger, with high integrity, independence and credibility.

• Technology-minded, with a strong interest in digitalisation, data and AI.

• Additional assets: Understanding of ICT, cyber and data-security risks. Experience with GRC platforms, RCSA, KRI and incident management workflows. Quantitative/model risk and stress-testing expertise. Data science, AI and automation applied to risk monitoring and reporting.