This is a unique opportunity to join a well-established FinTech company, certified as a Great Place to Work®, where finance and technology meet. We seek a professional Risk Officer who embodies meticulous attention to detail in resolving risks, strong analytical skills, and a proactive approach to identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks while driving innovation and growth in capital markets.

In this role, the Risk Specialist is responsible for enterprise-wide non-financial risk duties (identification, measurement, mitigation, monitoring, and reporting) and complex assignments under supervision. This position will be a central role with participation to the design and/or development of key risk programs or risk models for the Group.

The role reports to the Head of the Group Risk Unit.

Key Accountabilities

• Coordinates with internal stakeholders across the organization in various areas, including IT, operations, financial reporting, information security, legal & compliance.
• Assists Risk Management Unit in policy and procedure documentation, governance and reporting activities, and regulatory compliance.
• Assists in improving and providing regular updates of various practices, reports, policies, and procedures with the Risk Management department.
• Enhances key risk processes and updates policies to reflect improvements.
• Reviews and challenges metrics and investigates metric breaches.
• Works to limit risk exposure including those resulting from human error, transaction, processing failure, external events, threats to information systems, data integrity, and fraudulent activities.
• Conducts assessments of business unit exposures, identifying risks, evaluating their potential impact, and reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of the firm's existing controls.
• Continuously monitors control compliance and prevalent risk environment to ensure that exposures are kept at acceptable levels.
• Assists in developing metrics, models, and tools to create and analyze Risk Loss Estimates.
• May design, develop, and implement independent reporting and/or financial analysis to assist in the Risk team’s oversight role and may design and deliver executive–level presentations.

Knowledge and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Quantitative, Risk, or related field and at least three (3) years of experience in risk management, consulting, technology, business analytics, data management, or financial industry.
• Very good verbal and written business communication skills in English.
• Experience with data visualization and programming software (e.g.,  Structured Query Language/SQL, Python, R, Power Business Intelligence/Power BI, or related database reporting software).

Skills and Competencies

• A self-starter with a high level of intellectual curiosity.
• Effective communication skills, both in developing deliverables and presenting to professionals at all levels.
• Good understanding of financial and/or non-financial risk management strategies.
• High degree of problem-solving skills with the ability to understand processes and technology enablement.
• Practical knowledge of enterprise risk management framework and principles.
• Solid project management and multi-tasking skills with demonstrated ability to manage expectations and deliver results.

Preferences

• Affinity with Enterprise Governance, Recovery & Resolution Planning, and Business Continuity Planning.
• Understanding of financial regulation (e.g., CSDR, EMIR, MIFID, DORA, NIS 2) is a plus.
• Working knowledge of risk and control self-assessment methodologies, processes, and tools.
• Financial Services experience/knowledge would be a plus.
• Affinity with ICT Risk would be a plus.

What we offer

At Athens Exchange Group, we highly value our employees and provide them with a work environment that fosters creativity and personal growth. We offer a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support our employees and their families, including:

• Hybrid working model.
• Competitive base salary.
• Annual bonus based on company and individual performance.
• Retirement savings plan (TEA), according to company policy.
• Private health & life insurance with free inclusion of family members.
• Family benefits (Kindergarten and summer camp allowance, Christmas gifts, increased parental leave, etc.).
• Subsidized meals in company restaurant.
• Access to online training platforms such as LinkedIn Learning, Udemy, Pluralsight & continuous learning opportunities.
• 24/7 employee assistance program.
• Participation in company sports activities (e.g., soccer, basketball, beach volleyball, pilates).

ATHEXGROUP is committed to providing equal employment opportunities, and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, race, nationality or origin, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable law.