Job Detail

Your field of responsibility

Join our Strategic Risk Coverage team and take responsibility for the performance of regular and ad-hoc risk reviews and deep dives at a strategic level for businesses, portfolios and products with a material risk profile within the Swiss Universal Bank (SUB) and Global Treasury divisions. These activities support the goal of our team to facilitate the understanding and visualization of potential vulnerabilities in our business activities and highlight material risk developments and emerging risks. Insights and recommendations are discussed with our partners across the business units as well as Risk and Finance stakeholders and presented to (senior) governance bodies such as business-level Risk Management Committees (RMCs). The team therefore plays an integral role in ensuring that our business strategies are aligned with the risk-return ambitions of our firm.

Your future colleagues

The role within the Strategic Risk Coverage team is part of the Swiss Universal Bank (SUB) risk function. You can become part of a dynamic and highly motivated team, with a diverse skillset and expertise across business activities, risk classes, modelling, data analytics and governance. Our team engages and collaborates on an on-going basis with the different Risk departments within SUB and globally within CS as well as various Finance and the business units. We are a department, which values Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and is committed to realizing the firm’s D&I ambition, which is an integral part of our global cultural values.

Your skills and experience

• A University degree or an equivalent educational background preferably coupled with financial analyst (CFA) or risk management qualification (FRM)


• 5+ years of relevant experience in Front Office, Risk Management, Consulting or Audit (preferably with a focus on banking and/or risk matters)


• Broad knowledge and detailed understanding of banking business and products as well as risk management concept and methods (across multiple risk classes)


• Strong PowerPoint skills and ability to express and present complex matters in an intuitive and condensed manner


• Effective and confident communication, including with Management and Front Office personnel


• Strong analytical, problem solving skills and ability to work independently


• Ability to learn and apply learning quickly


• Excellent team player


•  Fluency in English. German is a plus


• Understands the value of diversity in the workplace and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture in all aspects of working life so that people from all backgrounds receive equal treatment, realize their full potential and can bring their full, authentic selves to work

Mr. T. Baumgartner would be delighted to receive your application.

Please apply via our career portal.

Your new employer

Find a new home for your skills, ideas, and ambitions. Credit Suisse offers you the ideal environment to progress your career, attractive benefits and excellent training.

We are a leading wealth manager with strong global investment banking capabilities founded in 1856. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and with more than 45,000 employees from over 150 nations, we are always looking for motivated individuals to help us shape the future for our clients.

Credit Suisse is an equal opportunity employer. Welcoming diversity gives us a competitive advantage in the global marketplace and drives our success. Our bank provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, as well as those with other needs or beliefs as may be protected under applicable local law. If you require assistance during the recruitment process, please let your recruiter know.