Quantitative Risk Management Director, Fintech

Optasia
Athens
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Capital Markets, Trading & QuantExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Problem-solving","Analytical","Teamwork"]

Lead the Quantitative Risk Management function to quantify and validate credit and market risk, building frameworks for model validation and risk reporting. Collaborate with Credit Traders and Risk Data Scientists to implement risk models, drive research in risk quantification, and guide risk-taking decisions while managing a team of quantitative analysts in a fast-paced fintech environment.

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Optasia
Optasia
7 months ago

Quantitative Risk Management Director, Fintech

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Job Summary

Lead the Quantitative Risk Management function to quantify and validate credit and market risk, building frameworks for model validation and risk reporting. Collaborate with Credit Traders and Risk Data Scientists to implement risk models, drive research in risk quantification, and guide risk-taking decisions while managing a team of quantitative analysts in a fast-paced fintech environment.
Location: Athens
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Capital Markets, Trading & Quant
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Measure, monitor and control credit risk.
  • •Create a framework for the validation of risk models and strategies.
  • •Review and validate existing and new risk models to establish accuracy and suitability.
  • •Review and validate credit risk policies.
  • •Conceptualize and define credit risk management reports.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceLearning BudgetYoga Classes

Key Requirements

  • •Masters or PhD in a numerate subject
  • •Minimum 5 years of direct experience quantifying risk and developing/enhancing financial and credit models
  • •Minimum 5 years of experience using Python, R or Matlab
  • •Minimum 5 years of experience using and retrieving data from structured datasets (SQL)
  • •Advanced understanding of market and credit risk quantification methods or model validation techniques
Experience:5+ yearsFintechInformation technology and services
Education:Master's
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingAnalyticalTeamwork
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonRMATLABSQLOWASPNIST

Company Brief

Optasia
Operates a digital health platform delivering online mental health and therapy services, connecting users with licensed therapists and providing tools for wellbeing, counselling, and remote treatment management to improve access to behavioral healthcare.
Industry: Mental Health
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