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Graduate Risk Controller 100%

Inseriert am: 20.06.2019

Graduate Risk Controller












Become a part of our young and dynamic team

Leonteq Securities was initially founded in 2007 as an issuer of investment products by 4 industry experts, and as of 2012 Leonteq is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. We have been growing significantly along with investing heavily into our platform which we have built from scratch to bring it to its market leading status it has today.

Your Opportunity
Do you want to challenge yourself amongst market-leading experts, work in an inspiring environment and receive training that will advance your career from the outset? Leonteq Securities AG (“Leonteq”) launches its fourth Leonteq Graduate Program designed to develop future experts, leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs. The program will equip the next generation of top university talents for a long-term career within our company. Successful applicants will join their team of choice and become a valued team member from day one. In combination with two intensive one-week off-site training classes, focusing on important aspects of early career development, Leonteq Graduates will be offered insight opportunities across all departments to understand and build know-how in the mechanics of the structured investment product value chain. Our culture thrives on innovative contributions and entrepreneurial flair. Both junior and senior employees act as entrepreneurs and thought leaders making them a cornerstone of our successful business model. Leonteq offers long-term career development and takes on a proactive approach to regional or interdepartmental mobility to best utilize the attributes of our people and advance your career. Upon successful completion of the twelve–month Leonteq Graduate Program, we plan to offer you a permanent full-time employment, which will position you for a continued successful career with Leonteq.

Your Benefits


  • Attractive Graduate role within a growing and global finance and technology company

  • Thorough understanding of the strategy, vision, mission, guiding principles, values and core business capabilities of Leonteq

  • Profound insight into the finance industry and Leonteq’s own IT platform



  • Tailored, business-specific training providing the necessary technical skills to be highly effective in your role

  • Two intensive one week off-site training classes

  • Development of communication and interpersonal skills

  • Opportunity to build a strong network amongst both your peers and experienced professionals from across the firm to understand what makes Leonteq a great place to build a long-term career

  • Multi-cultural work environment with an innovative and inspiring corporate culture

  • Direct exposure to management and flat hierarchies where every idea is treasured

  • Exposure to groundbreaking, cutting-edge and challenging projects to bring Leonteq to the next level of success

Attributes of a Leonteq Graduate


  • Highly motivated and curious

  • Performance-oriented

  • Long-term committed

  • Dynamic, reliable, polite, honest and constructive

  • Eager to act as an entrepreneur in a leading finance and technology company

  • Able to perform in a challenging environment

  • Interested in new technologies and innovations

  • Committed to embrace the Leonteq corporate culture

Graduate Risk Controller

 

Your tasks & responsibilities



  • Daily analysis and reporting on market and credit risks within Leonteq and on behalf of Platform Partners

  • Monitoring of risk exposures against limits

  • P&L explanation

  • Trade review

  • Independent price verification

  • Validation of pricing and hedging models

  • Monitoring and development of stress scenarios and Value at Risk

  • Operational risk assessment and event analysis

  • Regression tests on releases

  • Various projects


Training Structure



  • Derivatives: multi-asset, Greeks, hedging techniques

  • Structured Products: usage, representation, risks

  • System: Sophis, Bloomberg

  • Analysis techniques

  • Risk control frameworks – market, credit and operational risk

  • Risk methodology techniques – stress tests and Value at Risk

  • Process and control design and analysis

Our requirements



  • MBA or Master in Finance, Financial Engineering or a quantitative discipline

  • Attention to details

  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills

  • Microsoft Office (Excel, VBA, Word, PowerPoint)

  • Basic database skills (Access or SQL)

  • Team player

  • Fluent in English, written and spoken

 





ARE YOU INTERESTED

In supporting the build-out of our young and innovative company within a fast growing & entrepreneurial team?
If so, please click on “Apply” to submit your application.

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