Financial Risk Expert

**General Information**

**Contract end date** 30.06.2026

**Who can apply?** EU nationals working for national central banks of the ESCB, international governmental organisations or other employers performing central banking or banking supervision tasks within the framework of the Eurosystem

**Salary** F/G (bracket 1 - step 1) full time monthly net salary: €6,909 plus benefits, for further information see what we offer.

**Working time** Full time

**Place of work** Frankfurt am Main, Germany

**Closing date** 19.02.2025

**Your team**
- You will be part of the Risk Analysis Division in the Directorate Risk Management. Our Division is responsible for monitoring, measuring and assessing financial risks that may arise from the Eurosystem’s monetary policy operations and the ECB’s investment operations.

In your role as Financial Risk Expert, you will be part of the corporate bond analysis team, which comprises three members of staff responsible for assessing and mitigating the risks of the Eurosystem’s corporate bond holdings. You will work closely with the Directorate General Market Operations as well as national central banks.

**Your role**
- As a Financial Risk Expert you will:

- monitor and manage the risks of the Eurosystem’s corporate sector bond holdings, ensuring alignment with their respective risk management frameworks;
- conduct risk management activities related to the Eurosystem’s monetary policy operations and the ECB’s investment operations, depending on business needs;
- prepare risk analyses and proposals for improving risk management frameworks;
- engage and collaborate with Eurosystem staff at national central banks, Eurosystem committees and external stakeholders.

The position offers you excellent opportunities to harness your expertise in order to manage the risks of the Eurosystem’s corporate bond holdings. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.

**Qualifications, experience and skills**
- Essential:

- a master’s degree or equivalent in finance, economics, mathematics or another relevant field (see How you can join us for details on degree equivalences);
- in addition to the above, a minimum of three years’ professional experience in financial risk management or market operations;
- experience in developing, maintaining and implementing risk management frameworks for monetary policy portfolios or investment portfolios;
- a sound understanding of financial markets and instruments;
- experience in drafting reports, briefings, analytical notes and policy proposals;
- advanced programming skills in MATLAB and/or Python and a willingness to learn programming languages;
- an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Desired:

- experience in conducting credit and/or or climate risk assessments of corporate bonds.

You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and use analogies, patterns and different perspectives. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.

You are motivated to be part of our team and to use your skills and competencies to achieve the objectives of this position.

**Working modalities**

We would be happy to discuss a part-time arrangement for this role.

**Further information**
- The contract offered will be short-term ESCB/IO, the appointment being for 12 months as of the exact starting date of the selected person, extendable to up to 36 months.

**Application and selection process**

The recruitment process for this position will be conducted remotely. It will include a written exercise and an interview.

If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list (see step 4 of How we hire), from which you might be considered for similar positions within the ECB.

Read more about how you can join us.