Senior Market Risk Specialist

Location: Zürich, Switzerland — Bleicherweg 21

Company

hirify.global is a family-owned and publicly listed financial services company headquartered in Zurich, with more than 2,000 professionals across 28 locations.

What you will do

• Lead the aggregation, analysis, and governance of market risk data across asset classes, especially structured products and complex equity derivatives portfolios.
• Develop scalable risk infrastructure and automation solutions using Python, PL/SQL, Snowflake, and related technologies.
• Design and maintain data transformation, reconciliation, and data quality frameworks within the Snowflake ecosystem.
• Partner with Front Office, Finance, Technology, and Regulatory Reporting teams to improve risk analytics, reporting, and trade lifecycle controls.
• Investigate valuation, risk, and reporting discrepancies, identify root causes, and implement sustainable remediation measures.
• Maintain market risk methodologies, capital calculations, regulatory interpretations, model documentation, governance initiatives, and policies, including FRTB-SA and IRRBB frameworks.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Quantitative Finance, or a related quantitative discipline.
• 5–12 years of experience in Market Risk, Risk Analytics, Quantitative Risk, Regulatory Reporting, or a related financial services function.
• Experience with complex financial products, capital frameworks, and market risk methodologies.
• Strong expertise in Python, SQL/PL-SQL, and modern data platforms such as Snowflake.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements, ideally including FRTB-SA and/or IRRBB, with the ability to translate them into practical risk management solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal English is required. German is an advantage.

Culture & Benefits

• Zurich location with collaboration spaces and free lunch.
• Friendly, diverse team in an open-office environment.
• Access to modern technology and an agile way of working.
• Flat hierarchy and collaboration across all organizational levels.
• Campus-style environment and collaborative culture.