Description
Job Summary:
We are seeking a professional to lead teams in financial risk management, ensuring information reliability and regulatory compliance.
Key Highlights:
1. Lead, train, and motivate multidisciplinary teams.
2. Contribute to advanced financial risk management.
3. Develop your career within a global and inclusive company.
**Do you want to advance your professional career?**
BBVA is a global company with over 160 years of history, operating in more than 25 countries, serving over 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with diverse profiles, including finance specialists, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers, and designers.
Our people make the difference in our success.
**Employment Type:**
Regular (Indefinite)
**What Are We Looking For?**
**Responsibilities:**
* Identify action plans to support achieving the Unit’s objectives.
* Identify and implement measures enabling synergies across different processes within your scope.
* Ensure proper execution of processes within your area.
* Lead, train, and motivate your teams.
* Supervise that counterparty risk line and usage information is reliable,
* up-to-date, and timely distributed.
* Validate FRP consistency and perform calculations for future specific transactions.
* Supervise that BBVA SAB settlement risk line and usage information is reliable, up-to-date, and timely distributed.
* Ensure appropriate monitoring and accurate measurement of metrics comprising the Market Risk, Counterparty Risk, and Issuer Risk Appetite Framework (RAF).
* Provide Wrong Way Risk information to support improved risk management.
* Supervise and prepare regulatory reports for SBS and BCR.
* Ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements.
* Address requests from business units and control entities.
**Requirements:**
**Academic Qualifications**
* **Bachelor's degree or equivalent** in Economics, Finance, Economic Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, or related fields.
* **Postgraduate studies:** Master’s degree in Finance, Risk Management, Economics, or Financial Engineering (highly desirable).
* **Certifications:** Holding an FRM (*Financial Risk Manager*) or CFA certification will be considered a significant advantage.
**Professional Experience**
* **5–8 years’ experience** in Market Risk, Counterparty Risk, Treasury, or Financial Risk Management roles within banking institutions or Securities Brokerage Firms (SAB).
* **Leadership experience:** Minimum 3 years leading, managing, and developing high-performing teams.
* **Regulatory experience:** Proven direct interaction with regulatory bodies (SBS, BCRP) and handling internal/external audits.
**Technical Knowledge**
* **Financial Risk Management:** Advanced expertise in measuring and controlling Market Risk, Counterparty Risk, Issuer Risk, and Settlement Risk.
* **Risk Metrics and Frameworks:** Expert knowledge of *Risk Appetite Framework* (RAF) monitoring, *Wrong Way Risk* calculation, derivative and financial instrument valuation (FRPs).
* **Local Regulation:** Solid understanding of SBS and BCRP regulations applicable to market risk and treasury management.
* **Tools and Systems:** Proficiency in programming languages or data handling (SQL, Python, R, or similar) for process and reporting automation. Familiarity with financial information platforms (Bloomberg, Reuters).
* **Languages:** Advanced English (essential for reading international regulations and corporate reports).
**Responsible Banking**
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Our responsible banking model **aims to build a more inclusive and sustainable society.** Because the future of finance is financing the future.
We began with the spirit of helping others make the best financial decisions. That spirit remains today and drives us forward—prioritizing innovation and digital transformation—and making the opportunities of this new era accessible to all.
**Diversity**
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At BBVA, we believe that having a **diverse team** makes us a better bank.
For this reason, we **actively support diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity**, regardless of race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, among others. We cultivate a collaborative and inclusive work environment that allows each person to showcase their best self.
**Our Values**
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**Our values define our identity** and serve as the driving force behind fulfilling our purpose, guiding all our actions and decisions.
**Legal Requirements**
If the position you are applying for is located outside the country where you currently reside, you may need to obtain a visa and/or work permit and/or residence permit, as well as meet any other requirements mandated by local labor, immigration, or professional regulations applicable to the role in that country.
Should you be selected as the final candidate, BBVA may assist you with the corresponding permit/visa application process, under the understanding that if, for any reason, (i.) the relevant visa and/or work permit and/or residence permit is not issued, or (ii.) any other requirements mandated by local labor and/or immigration and/or professional regulations applicable to performing the role in that country are not met, you will unfortunately be excluded from the position. Likewise, if you already hold a visa and/or work permit and/or residence permit for the relevant country, please indicate this when applying for the position.