Senior Financial Risk Manager

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📍Dublin, Ireland | 💰 €92,000 - €112,000, Incentive Awards tied to your performance ➕benefits | Hear from the team ✨

⭐Our Risk team

This role sits within our 2nd line of defence risk management team. Acting as a senior technical specialist within the Financial Risk function, it will involve supporting the Director in delivering robust oversight across several financial risk disciplines. The role has a strong focus on IRRBB, capital adequacy and stress testing (ICAAP), and liquidity and balance sheet risk (ALM), ensuring that frameworks, models, and methodologies are fit-for-purpose, compliant, and aligned with regulatory expectations.

The role you are applying for is a Controlled Function (CF-2) within the meaning of the Central Bank Reform Act, 2010. For this role, appointment will be conditional on Monzo being fully satisfied that the appointee meets the requirements as set out in the Fitness and Probity Standards issued by the Central Bank of Ireland. As a CF, the role holder will be subject to Conduct Standards under the Central Bank of Ireland Individual Accountability Framework (IAF) and will be required to take reasonable steps to ensure that the relevant conduct standards are met.

🔑You’ll play a key role by…

Driving delivery of the Financials Risk Functions objectives across the following areas of responsibility:

Technical Leadership – Financial Risk Models & IRRBB

Leading independent 2LoD validation and review of financial risk models, with a focus on; Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book (IRRBB), behavioural models (e.g. deposits, prepayments) and hedging strategies and valuation approaches

Assessing model design, assumptions, limitations, and performance, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations (e.g. EBA IRRBB guidelines)

Providing independent technical challenge to first line model development and usage

Overseeing overarching model governance, including validation cycles, documentation standards, and model risk controls

Supporting development and enhancement of IRRBB measurement methodologies (e.g. EVE, NII metrics)

Capital Adequacy, ICAAP & Stress Testing

Playing a leading role in ICAAP development, review, and ongoing enhancement

Providing independent oversight and challenge of; capital adequacy assessments, risk quantification methodologies, scenario design and stress testing frameworks and risk appetite calibration

Designing and reviewing stress testing scenarios (macroeconomic, idiosyncratic, reverse stress)

Assessing capital planning and forecasting, including base and stressed balance sheet projections

Ensuring ICAAP documentation meets regulatory standards and audit expectations

Supporting interactions with regulators on capital-related topics

Liquidity Risk & Treasury Oversight (ALM)

Providing 2LoD oversight of liquidity risk and funding frameworks, including ILAAP and liquidity risk metrics (LCR, NSFR, survival horizon)

Reviewing and challenging Treasury activities, including; balance sheet management, funding strategies and wholesale credit exposures

Assessing assumptions underpinning liquidity stress testing and contingency funding plans

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