Head of Market and Counterparty Risk Control

Location: Zürich / Bleicherweg 21, Switzerland

Company

hirify.global is a family-owned and publicly listed financial company headquartered in Zurich, with more than 2,000 professionals across 29 locations globally.

What you will do

• Lead enterprise-wide oversight, governance, aggregation, analysis, and control of market and counterparty risk across asset classes, with a focus on structured products and complex equity derivatives portfolios.
• Lead and mentor risk professionals while acting as a visible senior risk authority and constructive challenger to trading desks and first-line risk managers.
• Drive automation, scalability, and modernization of risk infrastructure, data platforms, analytics, reporting, and control frameworks.
• Oversee market risk methodologies, capital calculations, and regulatory frameworks, including implementation of FRTB-SA and IRRBB.
• Direct investigations into valuation, risk, and reporting discrepancies and ensure sustainable firm-wide remediation.
• Partner with Front Office, Finance, Technology, Regulatory Reporting, Internal Audit, regulators, and the Board or Executive Committee.

Requirements

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Quantitative Finance, or another quantitative discipline from a leading university.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in Market Risk, Risk Analytics, Quantitative Risk, or a related financial services function, including leadership in complex financial environments.
• Strong ability to build rapport with trading and business heads and challenge first-line thinking using technical depth and commercial acumen.
• Deep familiarity with modern data architectures and enterprise analytical and reporting solutions, including Snowflake, Python, and SQL.
• Comprehensive knowledge of market risk methodologies and regulatory requirements, specifically FRTB-SA and/or IRRBB, with the ability to translate mandates into executive strategy.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing, communication, and constructive senior-leadership challenge skills.
• Excellent written and verbal English is required.

Nice to have

• German language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Top work location with collaboration spaces and free lunch.
• Friendly, diverse team in an open-office environment.
• Access to modern technology and an agile working environment.
• Flat hierarchy, collaboration across levels, and a collaborative campus atmosphere.
• Long-term focus on sustainability and building better futures for clients and society.