Financial Risk Management – Senior Consultant to Director

Financial Risk Management – Senior Consultant to Director (several positions, level depends on experience)

Elevate your career, perform when it counts: become part of our global financial consulting evolution!

Zanders is an award-winning, international consultancy firm focused on Treasury, Risk and Technology. We employ over 460 treasury, risk and technology professionals who work from our 10 offices on 4 different continents.

We service a broad portfolio of leading multinational corporations, financial institutions, public sector entities and NGO’s. Our clients choose Zanders because of our deep domain knowledge and thought leadership, combined with an efficient consulting approach.

Due to our continued growth, we are actively seeking a seasoned treasury professional to join our team to help with the development and recognition of Zanders in the DACH region.

Our main locations in Austria is Vienna and we are potentially open to another Austria-based hybrid location and work-from-home models.

Your Role

You will play a key role in developing and delivering our Financial Risk Management propositions for Austrian and DACH-based financial institutions. You will be involved in business development, advising clients, and managing complex projects across the risk spectrum (market risk, counterparty credit risk, XVA, margin models, derivatives pricing).

Depending on your seniority, you will:

• Senior Consultant – Act as a key project team member or workstream lead, delivering high-quality quantitative analyses and models, and supporting business development activities.
• Manager / Senior Manager – Lead projects or multiple workstreams, manage client relationships, guide junior team members, and actively contribute to expanding our presence in Austria and the DACH region.
• Director – Drive the commercial strategy for Financial Risk in the region, build and maintain a strong client portfolio, and take overall responsibility for successful project delivery and team development.

You will collaborate with colleagues across our international Financial Institutions practice to deliver complex quantitative projects and innovative solutions. Freedom, fun, teamwork and a growth mindset are central to how we work.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the growth of Zanders’ Financial Risk Management services in Austria and the wider DACH region
• Identify and develop commercial opportunities with banks and other financial institutions
• Represent Zanders at industry events and contribute to thought leadership
• Lead or contribute to financial risk transformation projects, regulatory change programmes and related initiatives
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients in areas such as counterparty credit risk, XVA, margin models and derivatives pricing
• Coach and mentor consultants and contribute to practice development

Skills to be successful

• Bachelor and/or Master in Finance, Economics or a similar field; certifications such as FRM or CFA are a plus
• Relevant experience in financial risk analytics within a bank, financial institution or consultancy
• Entrepreneurial mindset and motivation to grow our financial risk offering
• Ability to build and maintain professional networks in the DACH region
• Fluency in German and English (spoken and written)
• Strong communication and presentation skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Willingness to travel within Austria and the DACH region
• Legally authorized to work in Austria

We offer in return

Zanders encourages its employees to share their ideas and to remain at the forefront of innovative services and solutions. We offer the possibility to specialize and develop professionally, taking on personal responsibility for client relationships and projects.

We offer an ambitious, international and fun working environment with a strong focus on work-life balance and flexibility.

• A competitive renumeration package including Pension contribution
• A role with entrepreneurial spirit, responsibility and autonomy
• The opportunity to establish yourself as a subject matter expert
• A fun and enterprising team that focuses on its people

By applying for a role at Zanders, you give us approval to use and retain your personal details. A Pre-Employment Screening (PES) by a third party is part of the application process.