(Senior) Operational Risk Officer

The **EIB**, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Group Risk & Compliance Directorate (GR&C) - Office of the Group Chief Compliance Officer (GR&C-OCCO) - Group Non-Financial Risk Department (GNFR) - Operational Risk Unit (OPR) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a **(Senior) Operational Risk Officer**.**

**This is a full time position at grade 5/6 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract.**
- _internal benchmark: _(Senior) Officer Operational Risk Management_
- Panel interviews are anticipated from end of March onwards._

**Purpose**:
As a (Senior) Operational Risk Officer (internally referred to as (Senior) Officer Operational Risk Management), you will conduct the reporting of the EIB Group’s operational risks events and indicators to the governing bodies, manage operational risk events arising at the Bank, lead the related database development and migration for the Group Risk & Compliance Directorate. Youwill also work with the team on the continuous development of EIB Group Operational Risk policy, the Group Non-Financial Risk Indicators and thresholds, the operational risk capital management framework as well as an independent view of the EIB Group Operational Risk Profile and its reporting framework.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic team, which reports directly to the Group Non-Financial Risk Director. You will be able to leverage your skills and experience in leading the various activities of the team as well as innovative and challenging projects based on operational risk management best practice. This excellent career opportunity will enable you to add real value in a context where the proper management of emerging non-financial risks is key. You will have the rare opportunity to be exposed to all departments of the Bank and to be involved in major cross-functional transformation projects for the institution. The ability to critically think and problem-solve are key to being successful in this role.

**Operating Network**:
You will report to the Head of the Operational Risk Unit and works in close collaboration with the Operational Risk team and with other relevant Services of the Bank for the integration of Operational Risk into the policies, procedures and processes of the Bank.

**Accountabilities**:

- Prepare Group operational risk reports to the senior management and the governing bodies of the Bank
- Maintain and further develop - the operational risk database while co-leading its migration into a Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) software
- Lead the continuous strengthening of the control framework of the operational risk unit activities
- Drive the continuous development of the operational risk management framework areas under her/ his accountability, including the review and improvement of the operational risk management policy, measurement methodologies, procedures, guidelines and directives, based on best practice, internal audits points and the needs of the business of the EIB Group
- Independently monitor, evaluate and challenge the organisation’s success in managing its operational risks, in particular by conducting the development and maintenance of best practice tools including back-testing, scenario analysis, etc.
- Manage and monitoring of operational incidents, challenge the status-quo and ensure that appropriate follow-up actions are implemented, facilitating the optimisation/improvement of business processes
- Develop, maintain and report on the EIB Group Risk Appetite Framework (RAF) for Non-Financial Risk and coordinate the collection of the related risk indicators, as well as the relevant reporting thereof
- Benchmark EIB Group’s operational risk activities with best market practice, and help determine appropriate standards in collaboration with colleagues from various EIB Directorates and from the EIF Operational Risk Function
- Advise various EIB services and GR&C’s management on complex operational risk issues, and provide expert input and data when required
- Conduct the calculation of capital adequacy requirements and stress test data for operational risk, the maintenance and development of the related methodology and the correction of validation gaps if required
- Contribute to the migration of the operational risk database to the GRC Tool
- Contribute to transversal projects (Bank or Group-wide) and represent the unit on matters related to operational risk identification, assessment, monitoring and/or reporting activities as required
- Perfom assessments on the operational risk of the new products of the Bank when required
- Promote a culture of operational risk awareness by developing and delivering ongoing specific Operational Risk training to staff at all levels

**Qualifications**:

- University degree, preferably in Economics, Banking, Finance, Information Technology, Mathematics and/or Statistics or a relevant field
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in operational risk management or in another control