Risk Manager (Financial Risk)
About Revolut
People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 75+ million customers get more from their money every day.
About The Role
Our Risk team sits at the very core of Revolut. These superstars work across functions, products, and regions to monitor first-line performance and ensure that the business remains on a safe footing. We’re looking for a second-line Financial Risk Manager who will help identify, assess, manage, and report on Revolut’s spectrum of financial risk. You'll work closely with, among others, the teams in Treasury, Finance, Credit, Risk, and Compliance to independently assess and oversee risk‑taking activities.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Setting standards, including risk appetite, for managing financial risk types
- Defining responses to financial risk regulation changes and funding plan requirements
- Developing and maintaining, among others, financial risk policies, stress testing, metrics, and reporting systems
- Engaging and challenging first-line businesses to identify, monitor, and govern emerging financial risks, including in new product risk assessments
- Modelling financial risks under various stress scenarios, with appropriate assumptions and calibrations
- Monitoring capital and liquidity risk exposures against internal and regulatory limits
- Investigating risk events, producing related reports, and escalating breaches to the appropriate governance forum
- Building relationships with senior stakeholders to support risk governance and challenge emerging risks
What You’ll Need
- 10+ years’ experience in financial risk management in the financial services industry
- In-depth knowledge of financial risk‑related regulations and their application in the banking industry
- An understanding of stress‑testing methodologies
- Hands‑on knowledge of model development, implementation, and governance
- An analytical mindset to break down complex problems and work with data
- Autonomy in decision‑making and driving change with sound judgement
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Nice to have
- Familiarity with SQL or a scripting language