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Swiss Life Fund Management (LUX) S.A. ("SLFM") holds a dual license as a UCITS Management Company and AIFM and is supervised by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier ("CSSF"). As such, SLFM manages UCITS as well as AIF pursuing Real Estate, Infrastructure and Senior Secured Loan strategies of corporate and contractual form. At Swiss Life Asset Managers you will contribute your own talent and expertise in a motivated and flexible working environment. You will take on a high degree of responsibility and master demanding challenges independently, with the scope to express yourself in cooperation with professional teams.

Working at Swiss Life Asset Managers is a dynamic experience in a stable environment. Our employees make the difference. People count. Flexible working models will enable you to reconcile your professional and personal ambitions.

Your area of responsibility

In your function as Risk Manager of a super management company you will work as part of a flexible team and contribute by assessing, monitoring and reporting on all risks pertaining to the funds under the governance as well as further developing the risk culture within the organisation. In more detail, the activities include but are not limited to:

• Support the initial and ongoing Risk Assessment and Risk Profiling of new funds including the definition/review of appropriate risk limits


• Ongoing monitoring and escalation of the different types of risks our funds may be exposed to (Market -, Liquidity -, Counterparty -, Credit -, Valuation - and Operational Risk as well as other fund specific risks)


• Contribute to the pre-Trade analysis and assessment of less liquid assets (e.g. Real Estate and Infrastructure assets)


• Support the valuation function for AIFs from a risk management perspective


• Maintaining and support the improvement of existing risk management policy and framework


• As part of the Risk & Compliance Team (1) advise on risk related aspects of European regulatory issues including, but not limited to, AIFMD and UCITS (2) Support Management in the (risk) assessment of new initiatives (3) Contribute in the initial and ongoing Due Diligence as well as ongoing monitoring of service providers from a risk perspective (4) Participation to various local and global committees and working groups


• Preparation of reporting to internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Management Committee, Board of Directors, Swiss Life division and group, regulator (e.g. periodic UCITS Risk Reporting) and audit)

Your profile

• 2 -4 years of professional risk management and/or valuation experience in the investment funds industry (UCITS and AIF (ideally Real Estate and/or Infrastructure)).


• Risk management & regulatory expertise in AIFMD and UCITS,


• Entrepreneurial mind-set to set-up, implement required processes and further improve them


• Excellent numerical and analytical skills


• Ability to challenge new ideas in terms of fund structuring, investment strategy and investment processes from a risk perspective


• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and German or French.


• Strong team player, dynamic and resilient with the ability to work independently


• Good knowledge of MS Office