Risk Analyst

Start date/duration: June 2024
Location: Zürich, Switzerland

Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like to work for a successful and purpose-driven investment company?

We are looking to add a highly motivated Analyst to our Risk Management team. The position offers a unique opportunity to gain insights into energy transition investments, risk management and data science.

About SUSI Partners
Founded in 2009, SUSI Partners is a Swiss-based investment manager specialised in sustainable energy infrastructure investments with EUR 1.9bn in capital commitments from institutional investors. The firm’s investment strategy focuses on private equity and credit opportunities across the energy transition spectrum, including clean energy generation, energy efficiency measures, and solutions enabling clean energy use. With a successful track record of more than 140 transactions in over 20 countries to date, SUSI Partners seeks to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns for its clients and their beneficiaries while contributing meaningfully to achieving global climate neutrality.

• Support SUSI Partners’ risk management function while assessing new energy transition-related investments for our equity and credit funds. Identification of risk areas and validation against existing limits. Focus on collaboration with our credit underwriting team while performing detailed financial analysis for new counterparts and structuring.
• Participate in the credit rating update process of our credit platform and ongoing risk monitoring activities
• Review our risk frameworks and models for assessing existing as well as new investments
• Contribute to different data science, data management and automation projects to enhance SUSI’s risk management and operations

• Degree in finance, business administration, economics or equivalent
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience in risk management, banks or funds’ credit departments, investment banking, corporate finance, equity research, data science or transaction services
• Ability to perform financial analysis is of essence
• Profound interest in data science and automation: familiarity with IT packages such as KNIME, Python or R. Exposure to AI tools as practitioner.
• Basic knowledge/understanding of ESG topics
• Excellent communication skills in English; Spanish, Italian, German or Polish are a plus
• Soft skills: critical and analytical thinking, time management, attention to detail, work ethic, initiative and teamwork.

• Motivating work environment in highly topical sector
• International team with ambitious mindset
• Flexible working hours
• Potential for personal and professional development

If you would like to join our efforts to finance the global energy transition, please submit your complete application documents with a cover letter to Laureen Jacholkowski, People Manager. We look forward to receiving your application. Please note that only direct applications via our application tool will be considered for this position.