Senior Consultant – Financial Risk Management

Are you curious and ready to accept a new challenge in your career? Are you eager to join a dynamic company and bring innovation through your work and skills?
Prometeia offers you opportunities for growth and training in a Group with over 1000 professionals working for more than 500 clients in 20 countries around the world.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The successful candidate will join a specialized team based in İstanbul, operating within financial risk and/or credit risk subjects. The Senior Consultant will take ownership of and lead project activities, supporting project managers and senior stakeholders in the management and delivery of initiatives relating to the following areas:

• Asset & Liability Management
• Liquidity Risk Management
• Market Risk Analysis
• Credit Risk Management
• System implementation and integration

The Senior Consultant will be expected to independently manage assigned workstreams, coordinate activities with internal and external stakeholders, contribute to project planning and execution, and provide subject-matter expertise throughout the project lifecycle.

As well as strong background knowledge of the banking sector with respect to:

• Conventional and synthetic banking products and derivative products and their mechanisms
• Valuation methodologies and related accounting practices
• Reconciliation logic and financial statement analysis
• Financial and risk data structures, processes and controls

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

A degree or master's degree with excellent marks in Economics/Finance, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline, coupled with sound technical and quantitative knowledge, is required.

The ideal candidate should have several years of relevant professional experience in financial risk, credit risk, risk management consulting, banking or financial institutions, with proven experience in managing complex projects and interacting with senior stakeholders.

REQUIREMENTS:

Preferred qualifications include:

• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, planning, creative problem-solving and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to independently manage complex activities and take ownership of assigned workstreams
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage priorities, deadlines and deliverables
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interface with senior internal and external stakeholders in a professional manner
• Proven experience in Enterprise Risk Management implementation projects, including data model design, system implementation, requirements analysis, UAT test case preparation and execution, production migration, system upgrades and post-implementation activities
• Experience in coordinating project teams and/or junior consultants, providing guidance and reviewing deliverables
• Ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into functional and technical specifications
• SQL, Visual Basic, C#, or equivalent coding abilities are highly preferable
• Excellent usage skills of Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel and Visual Basic functionality
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to a multidisciplinary and international team
• Fluency in English; additional languages are considered a plus

OTHER:

Candidates can send their CV in English. The eligible candidates will be contacted for a preliminary call by the HR Representatives (Italy-based).

LOCATION: Istanbul

WHAT WE OFFER:

COMPENSATION, WELFARE & BENEFIT

Our history, as well as our future, is based on the value of our people. Prometeia’s biggest investment is in our people and it concerns every aspect of professional life. We call it “Total Compensation” and it is made of three elements: Compensation, consisting of a fixed and a variable component, a Welfare Plan active since 2015 –we were among the first companies in Italy to introduce it–, and Benefits, including all initiatives for the well-being of our people.

REMOTE WORKING

Flexibility is an intrinsic value of our way of working. In Prometeia, remote working is an organizational method based on trust. It results in benefits in terms of work/life balance, impact on the environment and optimization of company results through autonomy and empowerment of people.

PEOPLE PROGRAM

Our evaluation system is based on the full enhancement of our people and on continuous dialogue as a stimulus for regular, mutual professional and personal growth. Within the projects, several moments are dedicated to transparent discussions between managers and team members. This allows for reciprocal and prompt feedback. The process is fully digitalized and aimed at continuously improving the strategic growth of both the individual and the company.

TRAINING

Prometeia means continuous training. We provide an average of 11 days of training per year to our people, in person and online. We pay specific attention to younger colleagues, the protagonists of dedicated growth programs, and to the continuous sharing and internal transfer of know-how and skills. On-the-job training is also important and is made of immediate and direct confrontation with the market.

WIN/WIN POLICY

If you are one of our employees and you recommend a person who is later hired, you are entitled to a financial bonus! This is an important opportunity to contribute to the growth of Prometeia as a whole, by attracting acknowledged market professionals and new tech talents.

PHYGITAL MANAGEMENTWe have completely digitalized the management of our physical and virtual environments through the dedicated app Pr(Home)teia. Access to the office, remote working, workstations, meeting rooms, carpooling... everything is just a clic

k away.

COMMUNITY

Our Community is highly diverse, as are the skills of the people who are part of it and who share its values, and the individuals and organizations directly or indirectly involved in our activities. Clients, People of the Group, Alumni, Institutions, Academia, non-profit entities we actively cooperate with are stakeholders representing a great value for us in terms of trust and collaboration.

DIVERSITY

We promote and respect equal opportunities and consider differences as a value. Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental values: from the recruitment phase to everyday life, promoted also through dedicated training moments to develop individual sensitivities and uniqueness.

IMPACT

We responsibly take an active role towards the environment, territories and communities we operate in. Our Headquarter in Bologna has obtained the Leed Gold Certification, one of the highest awards recognizing the efficiency of the building in terms of energy and water savings, CO2 emissions reduction, and improvement of the ecological quality of interiors, materials and resources. In the Sustainability Report we outline the results achieved within the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda drafted by the UN in 2016, that we have been supporting since 2020.

WHAT WE OFFER:
COMPENSATION, WELFARE & BENEFIT
Our history, as well as the future, is based on the value of our people. The biggest investment at Prometeia is in our people, and it concerns every aspect of professional life. We call it 'Total Compensation' and is made up of Compensation - consisting of a fixed and a variable component -, an important Welfare Plan, active since 2015 – we have been among the first to introduce it in Italy - and Benefits, which include all the initiatives undertaken for the well-being of our people.
REMOTE WORKING
Flexibility is an intrinsic value of the way we work. At Prometeia, smart working is an organizational method based on trust, which results in benefits in terms of work/life balance, impact on the environment and optimization of company results, through autonomy and empowerment of people.
PEOPLE PROGRAM
Our evaluation system is based on the full enhancement of people and their continuous dialogue as a stimulus for regular, mutual professional and personal growth. Transparent discussions between managers and team members are set up within the projects, where reciprocal and timely feedback is exchanged. The process is fully digitalized and aimed at continuously improving the development trajectory of the individual and the company.
TRAINING
Prometeia means ongoing training. We provide an average of 11 days of training per year to our people, in person and online. Particular attention is paid to younger colleagues, who are the protagonists of dedicated growth programs, and to the continuous sharing and internal transfer of know-how and skills. On-the-job training is also important, through immediate and direct confrontation with the market.
WIN/WIN POLICY
If you are one of our employees, and you recommend a person who is later recruited, you are entitled to a financial bonus! This is an important opportunity to contribute to the growth of Prometeia as a whole, by attracting acknowledged market professionals and new tech talents.
PHYGITAL MANAGEMENT
Through the dedicated app Pr(Home)teia, we have completely digitalized and integrated the management of our physical and virtual environments. Access to the office, smart working, workstations, meeting rooms, car pooling... everything is just a click away.
COMMUNITY
Our Community is extremely diverse, as are the skills of the people who are part of it and who share its values, and the individuals and organizations that are directly or indirectly involved in our activities. Clients, People of the Group, Alumni, Institutions, Academia, non-profit entities with which we actively collaborate, are stakeholders representing a great value for us, in terms of trust and collaboration.
DIVERSITY
We promote and respect equal opportunities and consider differences as a value. Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental values: from the selection phase to everyday life, also through dedicated training moments to develop individual sensitivities and unicities.
IMPACT
We responsibly take an active role towards the environment, the territories and the communities in which we operate. Our Headquarter in Bologna has obtained the Leed Gold Certification, one of the highest awards that recognizes the performance of the building in terms of energy and water savings, reduction of CO2 emissions, improvement of the ecological quality of the interior, materials and resources used. In the Sustainability Report we report the results achieved within the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda that, drafted by the United Nations in 2016, we have been supporting since 2020.