Senior Liquidity Risk Manager
HV Capital is a European venture capital firm that provides capital and support to bold founders across multiple stages and industries. With 26 years of experience, they have backed companies across AI & Enterprise Software, Deep Tech, Resilience & Defence, FinTech, and Consumer sectors.
About HV Capital
HV Capital is a venture capital firm with 26 years of experience investing in European innovation across multiple industries and business cycles. The firm backs founders from early stage through growth, spanning multiple fund generations, with a portfolio that includes companies in AI & Enterprise Software, Deep Tech, Resilience & Defence, FinTech, and Consumer sectors. Notable portfolio companies include NEURA Robotics, Zalando, n8n, Isar Aerospace, Quantum Systems, ARX, and Scalable Capital, with several portfolio companies having reached IPO. HV Capital has approximately €2.89 billion in assets under management and works with founders across multiple disciplines and team perspectives.
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About the Role
You will own the design, implementation, and ongoing oversight of Upvest's liquidity risk framework, a critical function for a BaFin-regulated investment firm operating at scale across Europe. You will work closely with Treasury, Finance, and senior leadership to ensure Upvest maintains a robust and compliant liquidity position as the company expands across Europe. This is a high-impact, highly visible role at the intersection of regulatory compliance, strategic finance, and operational excellence, and you'll be central to how Upvest manages risk at the next stage of growth. You'll lead advanced quantitative modeling and analyze complex risk data to provide strategic insights on liquidity, funding, and stress testing. You'll design and implement mitigation strategies and risk controls across core business processes, own high-impact risk projects including the architecture and deployment of next-generation risk models and tools, serve as the primary expert for financial risk inquiries with senior leadership, external partners, and regulators, and mentor junior team members while driving cross-departmental initiatives to scale the risk infrastructure.
Requirements
- 5+ years in risk management or treasury within a regulated bank or financial institution
- Strong understanding of European/BaFin regulatory frameworks (CRR, LCR, NSFR, ILAAP, MaRisk)
- Hands-on experience building or operating quantitative risk models and cash flow forecasting tools (SQL/Python skills are a plus)
- Proven track record of driving complex projects across domains like IT GRC, Outsourcing, or Compliance
- Exceptional ability to mentor junior colleagues and articulate complex financial risks clearly to C-level executives and external partners
- Fluency in English; German language skills are a strong advantage
- Experience bridging the gap between Financial and Non-Financial/Operational Risk frameworks
- Prior experience in a high-growth fintech scale-up environment
Responsibilities
- Lead advanced quantitative modeling and analyze complex risk data to provide strategic insights on liquidity, funding, and stress testing (ILAAP)
- Design and implement comprehensive mitigation strategies and robust risk controls across core business processes
- Own high-impact risk projects, including the architecture and deployment of next-generation risk models and tools
- Serve as the primary expert for financial risk inquiries, translating complex quantitative findings for senior leadership, external partners, and regulators (BaFin)
- Mentor junior team members and drive cross-departmental initiatives (IT GRC, Outsourcing, Finance, Compliance, Operations) to scale risk infrastructure
Benefits
- €20,000 per year to spend on AI tools
- 30 days of annual leave
- Sports benefits
- Confidential professional coaching
- Flexibility to work remotely abroad for up to 183 days a year
- One-month fully paid sabbatical after every 4 years of working at Upvest
- Personal development budget
- Flexible work environment across hubs in Berlin, London or Tallinn, hybrid or remote across Europe
- Competitive salary and participation in employee equity program
- Company-wide events such as UpFest, dinners, offsites and Holiday party