responsAbility Investments AG is one of the world’s leading independent asset managers specializing in development-related sectors of emerging economies. They comprise the areas of finance, agriculture, energy, healthcare and education. responsAbility provides debt and equity financing to non-listed companies with business models that target the lower-income section of the population and can thus drive economic growth and social progress.
We are currently seeking the following profile:
Team Leader Risk Financial Institutions
Your main tasks
- Manage a team of senior risk officer who are responsible for the analyses of senior and subordinated loans to banks, microfinance institutions, and other financial intermediaries in emerging and frontier markets
- Analysis of transaction risk, including counter-party, systemic / market, and country elements
- Review credit applications, perform investment criteria checks, and confirm credit ratings
- Approval of credit applications in accordance with underwriting standards
- Monitoring risk-relevant market and sector developments
- Lead or support restructuring or recovery cases
- Lead or support the development of analytic tools
- Undertake field visits with local regulators, central banks, other financial sector institutions, and counter-parties
Your experience and skills
- Minimum 10+ years in a risk management role in the financial sector, with a strong focus on financial institutions in the emerging and frontier markets, including commercial and SME banks, and microfinance institutions, at least partly in a management position
- Skill-set for leading and motivating a team
- A proven track record in transaction origination and structuring across the capital structure
- Extensive knowledge of rating agency methodologies gained through either actual transaction completion or work experience with a rating agency
- Completion of a recognized credit training program or similar professional accreditation
- Living and working experience in the target markets
An exciting job, preferably located in the city of Zurich, with plenty of room for personal initiative and within a multicultural growth environment, awaits you.
To apply for this position, please use the application form.
For any questions, please contact Franziska Büchi, Human Resources, +41 (0)44 254 32 76, responsAbility Investments AG, Josefstrasse 59, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland www.responsAbility.com.