Interest Rate Risk Senior Specialist

We are looking for you, if you:

• have relevant work experience within the financial sector preferably within the banking sector,
• completed academic education preferably in economics, econometrics, applied mathematics, finance or comparable training,
• have knowledge in the field of Asset and Liability Management and new regulatory developments regarding IRRBB,
• have sound knowledge of risk management and financial products,
• are excellent in English, both verbal and writing. 

You'll get extra points, if you:

• have a quantitative background with excellent understanding of different types of market risks (interest rate, liquidity and FX risks),
• understand the complexities of a banking group with global operations and have a good understanding of recent regulatory changes and requirements,
• are curious, you are open to new developments and you know how to master your new material quickly. Moreover, you as a person are able to respond well to the wishes and needs of others as an expert advisor,
• are a pragmatic problem solver, who can support the implementation of IRRBB risk measures in a dynamic environment,
• are a team player who will add value to the Financial Risk organization within a dynamic environment. You will ensure that the activities you are responsible for will be performed to an exceptional standard,
• possess an excellent command of English, being able to demonstrate negotiation, presentation and writing skills,
• are able to deal with cultural differences, conflicting interests, complex and unforeseen challenges, as well as to constructively cooperate with your peers in building a sustainable, effective and efficient working environment.

Your responsibilities:

• analysis and monitoring of market risk at the ING Group level,
• implementation of regulatory requirements in IRRBB,
• managing models and tools for measuring and monitoring interest rate risk,
• support for senior managers and other stakeholders in managing interest rate.

Information about the squad:

As a Interest Rate Risk Senior Specialist you work in the Interest Rate Risk team within the Financial Risk department. You contribute to the worldwide management of market and liquidity risks that affect ING Group’s consolidated balance sheet.

More specifically, your responsibilities will include identifying, analyzing, quantifying the interest rate risk of the Bank. Also, together with the other colleagues in your team, you will be responsible for the implementation of new regulations and risk systems for Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book (IRRBB), the execution of stress tests as well as ensuring a proper life cycle management of relevant models and measurement and monitoring or the applicable interest rate risk metrics.

In this position you have a direct influence on ING's risk management capabilities. You therefore make a concrete contribution every day to further strengthening ING's position as a reliable and expert bank for clients.

Within the Financial Risk department the team analyzes and monitors worldwide market and liquidity risks for ING Bank. Within the team you work in a pleasant and open atmosphere together with very professional colleagues who continually challenge each other intellectually to get the best out of themselves. You get all the space and responsibility to maximize your personal qualities. Working within Financial Risk at ING Bank means working in a highly dynamic international corporate environment where you work together at all levels and with many departments.

The role naming convention in the global ING job architecture will be “Financial Risk Specialist III”.