IB Execution Services & Research Risk Expert (f/m/d)

Your role

Are you a sharp evaluator of risk, who enjoys investigating complex business processes and products? Do you want to play a key role in improving the effectiveness of business-critical processes to help safeguard and strengthen UBS?
We're looking for a Risk Expert (Associate Director / Director) to:
• Plan, execute and lead audits, issue assurance and risk assessment and/or internal quality assurance reviews, working effectively in order to provide the expected level of assurance in line with the time/budget allocated
• highlight where controls are functioning well or where UBS needs to act to better manage current and emerging risks, and escalate any significant concerns appropriately
• meet our internal standards for the quality, execution and documentation of work, taking account of legal entity coverage expectations, where required
• where relevant, develop issues and audit reports according to our internal reporting and issue disposition standards that are fully supported by the work done and require minimal feedback from reviewers.
• successfully collaborate with peers in and across audit teams
• build and maintain constructive relationships with colleagues and relevant stakeholders at all levels including senior management

Your team

You'll be working in the Investment Bank Audit team in Frankfurt, with the core responsibility to conduct and lead audit work around IB activities in UBS Europe SE. It requires working closely with the global GIA team responsible for auditing the Investment Bank's Execution Services and Research activities. The team covers controls of high-volume trading businesses (including electronic & algorithmic trading) in products such as Equities, ETD and Foreign Exchange. Further to the scheduled audits, the team is also responsible to (i) maintain relationships with UBS Europe SE IB management and control functions, (ii) continuously assesses the risk profile of the UBS Europe SE IB businesses, and (iii) address inquiries from German and EU regulators.