Senior Liquidity Risk Manager
Upvest provides regulated, API-first investment infrastructure for fintechs, banks, brokers, and wealth managers across Europe and the UK. Its platform supports brokerage, settlement, custody, fractional investing, portfolios, savings plans, and investment operations.
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About Upvest GmbH
Upvest is a regulated investment infrastructure company offering a cloud-native Investment API for brokerage, settlement, custody, and real-time investment functionality. It also provides middle- and back-office business process outsourcing, regulatory licences, fractional securities, portfolios, savings plans, and operating models for financial institutions launching or scaling investment and pension products.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Own the design, implementation, and ongoing oversight of Upvest's liquidity risk framework for a BaFin-regulated investment firm operating across Europe. Lead quantitative modeling, risk analysis, mitigation strategies, risk controls, high-impact tooling projects, regulatory inquiries, and cross-functional risk initiatives.
Requirements
- 5+ years of risk management or treasury experience within a regulated bank or financial institution.
- Strong understanding of European and BaFin regulatory frameworks including CRR, LCR, NSFR, ILAAP, and MaRisk.
- Hands-on experience with quantitative risk models and cash-flow forecasting tools; SQL and Python are a plus.
- Experience driving complex cross-functional projects in IT GRC, Outsourcing, or Compliance.
- Ability to mentor colleagues and communicate complex financial risks to executives and external partners.
- Fluency in English; German is a strong advantage.
- Experience bridging Financial Risk and Non-Financial or Operational Risk frameworks.
- Experience in a high-growth fintech scale-up is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Lead quantitative modeling and analyze liquidity, funding, and stress-testing risk data for ILAAP.
- Design and implement mitigation strategies and risk controls across core business processes.
- Own high-impact risk projects, including next-generation risk model and tool deployment.
- Advise senior leadership, external partners, and regulators on complex financial risks.
- Mentor junior team members and lead cross-departmental initiatives across IT GRC, Outsourcing, Finance, Compliance, and Operations.
Benefits
- €20,000 annual budget for AI tools
- 30 days of annual leave
- Sports benefits
- Confidential professional coaching
- Remote work abroad for up to 183 days per year
- One-month fully paid sabbatical after every four years
- Personal development budget
- Flexible work across Berlin, London, or Tallinn hubs, hybrid or remote across Europe
- Competitive salary and employee equity participation
- Company-wide events and offsites
