Head of Financial Risk Management

Generali is a major player in the global insurance industry - a strategic and highly important sector for the growth, development and welfare of modern societies. Over almost 200 years, we have built a multinational Group that is present in more than 60 countries, with 470 companies and nearly 80,000 employees. Our Group aims to become the standard bearer and industry leader in the European retail insurance market, building on our existing base of 50 million retail clients, out of an overall total of 72 million.

Generali Investments Luxembourg S.A. manages traditional and alternative investments (i.e. through UCITS and AIF investment vehicles) on an international scale with the experience and professionalism of the team of experts at the Generali Group, in addition to the world-class investment firms available through its funds offerings.

The Financial Risk Management department interacts with the Company’s structures and the risk management functions of Generali Investments Companies, during all phases of the products’ structuration and of the investment process, analyzing and providing the parameters of risk for the managed portfolios.

Within the Financial Risk Management Function the Head of Financial Risk Management - Liquid Asset leads and is responsible of the activities related to the management of Liquid Assets (UCITS and AIF), and is in charge of defining methodologies and solutions to monitor the risks of the managed products.

Main tasks:

- Providing her/his independent view / insights of key investment risks affecting GIL portfolios,
- Promoting sound investment risk management practices and enhance risk and control culture within GIL,
- Lead the team to ensure successful management of all the portfolio risk matters of GIL,
- Transactions and holdings analysis (e.g., portfolio concentration, credit quality, liquidity etc.),
- Risk analysis: produce, deliver and enhance risk analytics and risk management reports, including regulatory reporting (e.g. VaR, Stress-testing, Back-testing, ),
- Complete risk assessments of potential investments, identifying key risks and potential mitigating factors, in order to assess their overall impact on the portfolio,
- Perform ad-hoc analyses and reporting to help address real-time demands from senior management and portfolio managers,
- Maintain input and data quality of the risk management systems,
- Participate in the periodic review of all risk policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with the obligations laid down in the UCITS/AIFMD;
- Support the internal and external audit on risk management issues,
- Support the Chief Risk Officer and Conducting Officer responsible of the Risk Management in developing, executing the maintenance and enhancement of Generali risk management capabilities to ensure internal and regulatory compliance,
- Stakeholders support - explaining calculations, and fulfilling ad hoc requests,
- Process optimization - developing best practices, increasing efficiency, enhancing capabilities, and mitigating risks,
- Ensuring compliance - developing, maintaining and adhering to procedures,
- Project support - partnering with other business units,
- Presentation - delivering analytical presentations for internal and external stakeholders,
- Keep updated of industry and regulatory trends in risk management modelling tools/techniques and overall risk management process.

The completion of the above tasks requires a strong cooperation with other Generali’s departments and entities such as Risk, Legal and Tax, Business Lines and Back Offices as well as other financial institutions and clients.

**Requirements**:
Must have:

- Graduate / Master’s degree in finance with an asset management / risk management focus or equivalent qualification,
- At least 10 years of experience in Risk Management or related functions of asset management companies,
- Strong analytical, quantitative, investigative and reporting skills,
- Experience in dealing with regulation (UCITS, AIFMD),
- Hands-on, with experience in managing people, processes and multiple stakeholders.
- Managerial experience in a fast-pacing environment in Management Company or Advisory will be considered a plus.
- Overall knowledge and understanding of financial assets and risk management practices,
- Knowledge of quantitative and statistical models and methodologies,
- Knowledge of Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Concentration Risk,
- Knowledge of the main accounting and performance indicators used by the Funds Industry,
- Well-developed organizational skills, flexibility, ability to deal with different departments within the organizational framework,
- Knowledge and capacity of use of tools and software such as: Bloomberg, Risk-Metrics Microsoft Office,
- Fluent in English language, both written and spoken; the knowledge of French or Italian is considered a plus.

Soft Skills:

- Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written,
- “Can do” attidute
- Ability to manage p