What does this job entail?
As a Risk Manager, you will strengthen the ALM & Liquidity Risk Competence Center, which ensures that KBC manages its market risks optimally. You play a crucial intermediary role in understanding the evolution of KBC’s balance sheet and in quantitatively measuring and reporting the risks inherent to banking activities. Based on your expertise, you provide advice and develop proposals to manage liquidity risks.
The ALM & Liquidity Risk Competence Center is a team of risk professionals that collaborates intensively—both locally and internationally—with:
- business stakeholders;
- related departments such as Treasury, Finance, and GCRD;
- and regulators (ECB, NBB, CNB), for whom we are the point of contact for everything related to Asset Liability Management (ALM) and liquidity risk.
Markets are constantly evolving—think interest rates, inflation, equities, currencies, but also developments in deposits and savings account pricing. That’s why we increasingly focus on forward-looking risk analyses and conduct both quantitative and qualitative assessments to proactively capture these market developments and changing customer behavior. We continuously seek ways to improve our working methods and integrate new data technologies into our processes. Expect a dynamic work environment where you’ll learn a lot.
What do we expect from you?
- You monitor liquidity risk measures and models, both locally and at group level.
- You stay up to date with regulations and translate them into concrete actions.
- You analyze Treasury proposals, follow up on them, and provide advice.
- Together with your colleagues from the Treasury Risk Reporting & Analysis department, you ensure that core reports to senior management are clear and accurate.
- You prepare risk advice on specific business proposals to give senior and top management insight into the risks and how we mitigate them.
- You support the definition of KBC’s risk appetite and liquidity risk profile for the Group Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, and advise on proposals to take or limit risk.
To ensure a smooth start, you’ll have the opportunity to do an internship of up to 3 months in the Treasury Risk Reporting & Analysis department. This will help you quickly learn how the key reporting processes work and enhance your practical understanding of various liquidity risk metrics and models at both local and group level. You’ll also get to know the tools used for risk analysis.
Your key strengths?
- You hold a master’s degree in exact sciences (economics, engineering, mathematics, etc.) and have a basic understanding of financial risks.
- Experience with statistical models is a plus.
- You can connect insights with figures and clearly explain quantitative developments to business stakeholders.
- You communicate effectively in English, written and spoken.
- You work in a structured, accurate manner with attention to detail and manage your time efficiently.
What can we offer you?
- You can count on excellent onboarding, collegiality, and a pleasant working atmosphere.
- Throughout your career at KBC, we encourage you to grow both personally and professionally. You can take courses to sharpen your hard and soft skills.
- Your workplace is easily accessible by public transport. You can also work partly from another main office or from home.
- Flexible working hours help you balance your work and private life.
- We offer you a permanent contract and a competitive salary supplemented with extra-legal benefits. Sounds familiar? Of course—it’s in every job posting. KBC makes the difference with an extensive flexible benefits package. Too extensive to list here. We’d be happy to discuss the various benefits—big and small—with you during your interview.
Can you help us make the difference?
Working at KBC offers the opportunity to be part of dynamic and international environment where collaboration with talented colleagues is highly valued. I truly enjoy and appreciate the learning, growing and our spirit of the teamwork. Being part of the Team Blue always make me proud.
Ayse Arslan
Respect and inclusion are core values at KBC. We believe that the individuality of our employees and the diversity of our teams are key to achieving great things. That’s why we recruit new employees based on talent and motivation, regardless of their background or story.
We work closely together to be the reference in the financial sector by innovating, greening and connecting. Interested in joining a ‘Top Employer’ and contributing to new ideas and solutions that help our customers and society move forward?
If this ticks all your boxes, apply now so we can get to know you. And if there are any specific things you’d like us to consider in your application, please let us know. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
