Risk Specialist Lisboa

Risk Specialist
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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Leonteq is a Swiss fintech company with a leading marketplace for structured investment solutions. Based on proprietary modern technology, the company offers derivative investment products and services and predominantly covers the capital protection, yield enhancement and participation product classes. Leonteq acts as both a direct issuer of its own products and as a partner to other financial institutions. Leonteq further enables life insurance companies and banks to produce
- efficient,
- linked pension products with guarantees.

Leonteq generated turnover of CHF 27. 6 billion and posted total operating income of CHF 238. 5 million in 2024. As of 31 December 2024, Leonteq's shareholders' equity totalled CHF 803. 8 million.

Leonteq has an investment grade rating from the rating agencies Fitch Ratings Ltd. and Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. , who have evaluated and assigned ratings to Leonteq AG and Leonteq Securities AG, respectively. Furthermore, Leonteq has ESG ratings from both MSCI as well as Sustainalytics.

Leonteq is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: LEON) and is a securities firm regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Authority FINMA and is a member of the Swiss Structured Product Association.

Founded in 2007, Leonteq today has offices and subsidiaries in 13 countries, through which it serves over 50 markets. The company employs over 500 professionals from more than 50 nationalities around the world and brings a young, dynamic and diverse workforce to the global fintech market. Leonteq's Portugal branch opened in October 2021 and is part of Leonteq's initiative to support business growth with the employment of up to 100 designated roles along the entire value chain.

ABOUT THE ROLE

At Leonteq, we are a leading player in the financial industry, renowned for our innovative approaches, our commitment to excellence and our entrepreneurial spirit. Our organisational values people together, passion, dedication, quality and expertise are our guiding north star.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Report to the Head of Independent Price Verification (IPV) in Zurich
• Contribute to the IPV activities covering underlyings and derivatives for various asset classes, such as equity, funds, credit, fx, rates, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies
• Participate in specific projects and working groups
• Lead and contribute to new developments, improvements, and further automation of the IPV tools and processes in close collaboration with IT
• Review and test new developments
• Interact with Trading, Treasury, Middle Office, IT, Partner, Finance and Project Management teams
• Perform quality checks to ensure integrity of bookings and trade capture
• Perform
  - hoc analysis on various risk and valuation related topics

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Minimum of 2-3 years of professional experience in a risk or a product control function
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Technical knowledge of Derivatives and Exotics in particular
• Understanding of risk processes
• Interpersonal skills (internal and external communications and collaboration, high standards for client service)
• Results-oriented with a team player attitude, good organizational skills with a highly driven personality
• Good Python, VBA, Excel and databases (SQL) skills are a plus
• Good written and verbal communication in English

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with Bloomberg, Reuters

WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE

• Experience the dynamics of a leading fintech company
• Possibility to work with domain experts and learn from them directly
• Work in modern facilities at an exceptional location
• Hybrid work system: 3 days office and 2 days home office

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

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