Staff Specialist and Business Risk Manager

Ref 2579046 | Date: 15 Sept 2026

Banque Cantonale de Genève

A universal banker since 1816, the BCGE Group offers diversified banking services to individuals, companies, and institutions: daily banking services, private banking, asset management, pension planning, mortgage financing and credits to companies and public authorities, trading desk, financial engineering, corporate finance, and global commodity finance.

Authentic, Courageous, Equitable - in everything it undertakes, BCGE aims to create value for its clients, shareholders, and employees. It attaches particular importance to the composition of its teams, promoting creativity, emulation, and entrepreneurship.
Bringing together diverse and complementary personalities, BCGE's teams are composed of banking experts, versatile generalists, and business specialists. Organized by market segments and strategic activities, their objective is to competitively satisfy client requirements.
Our aspiration? To realize those of others.
The BCGE embodies a committed financial institution. Our mission is to provide our clients in Geneva and its region with quality financial solutions and services at every stage of their existence, while ensuring responsible management.

Staff Specialist and Business Risk Manager

Do you wish to evolve in a professional environment that is always in motion, stimulating, and inspiring? Join the team of the Branch Network Management and Business Development department of the Retail and Digital Banking Division, within Banque Cantonale de Genève (BCGE), an Authentic, Courageous, and Equitable bank.

As Staff Specialist and Business Risk Manager, you will support the Retail and Digital Banking Division in the identification, assessment, and control of non-financial risks (operational risks related to human processes or activities, regulatory, reputational, or conduct risks) and in the good governance of the Division. You will ensure the effectiveness of the Division's internal control system and the application of internal directives.

Your missions
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Risk Management

• Participate in the identification, assessment, and control of the Division's operational risks, in collaboration with the Operational Risk section and the various business lines
• Monitor risk indicators, analyze results, and propose optimization measures, if necessary
• Forward cases requiring in-depth analysis and/or corrective measures to business managers
• Follow up on remediation plans
• Participate in multidisciplinary working groups under the leadership of business experts aimed at quickly resolving complex and/or urgent problems
• Evaluate risk impacts during the launch of new activities or major changes and propose appropriate control and mitigation measures

Controls and Governance

• Participate in the definition and documentation of controls for the Retail and Digital Banking Division
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the internal control system
• Perform certain controls and supervise others
• Ensure the follow-up of internal procedure revisions and their proper application within the Division
• Contribute to the steering and implementation of action plans resulting from audit recommendations
• Participate in committees dealing with operational risks
• Prepare reporting for management

Business Support

• Be the reference contact for all questions relating to operational risks within the Division
• Raise awareness among teams regarding risk culture and best practices

Your profile
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Education

• Bachelor's or Master's in finance, economics, risk management, or an equivalent field
• Banking CFC, supplemented by continuing education

Experience

• More than 5 years of experience in a front-office role in the banking sector, ideally supplemented by experience in risk management
• Very good knowledge of the Swiss banking environment
• Good mastery of operational mechanisms relating to a branch network and its associated activities (payment traffic, physical security, FinSA, CBD, etc.)

Our employment conditions
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• Activity rate: 100 %
• Contract type: Permanent contract
• Place of work: Geneva
• Start date: As soon as possible

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