Job description
Join Advanta Financial Solutions as a Senior Risk Manager to lead enterprise risk oversight across markets and products. You will partner with senior stakeholders to shape risk strategy, validate models, and strengthen governance. This role offers exposure to complex risk domains, a collaborative culture, and clear paths to leadership within a high-growth financial services environment.
As a Senior Risk Manager, you will drive risk assessment programs, oversee risk data quality, and ensure timely, accurate reporting to senior management and regulators. You will collaborate with risk, finance, IT, and business teams to translate risk into actionable decisions that protect assets and sustain growth.
Responsibility
- Lead the enterprise risk management program across credit, market, operational, and compliance risks, ensuring alignment with the firm’s risk appetite.
- Oversee development, validation, and monitoring of risk models in accordance with Basel II/III and IFRS 9 standards.
- Manage risk appetite, limits, stress testing, scenario analysis, and timely escalation to senior leadership.
- Deliver clear, board-ready risk dashboards and secure regulatory and internal audit readiness.
- Collaborate with Data & Technology teams to improve risk data quality, lineage, and governance across the platform.
- Provide mentorship to risk analysts and lead governance forums, committees, and risk reviews.
- Coordinate regulatory reporting, issue remediation, and evidence-based action plans.
- Partner with business stakeholders to embed risk-aware decision making into product design and strategy.
Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, mathematics, engineering, or a closely related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in risk management within financial services or a regulated industry.
- Strong knowledge of Basel II/III, IFRS 9, COSO framework, and risk governance best practices.
- Hands-on experience with risk modeling tools and languages (SAS, R, Python) and modern data analytics.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and ability to translate complex risk concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Professional certifications such as FRM or PRM highly desirable; regulatory experience a plus.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong problem-solving mindset with high integrity and ethical judgment.