Job Description
Lloyds Bank GmbH and its brands Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank have won over 1 million satisfied customers in recent years. And this thanks to convincing products and, above all, our committed colleagues who want to achieve the best for our customers every day with new ideas, challenges and joy. In order to continue writing our success story, we are looking for the right reinforcement for our teams, because all our ambitious goals would be unattainable without teamwork. We also welcome career changers.
For our office in Berlin Mitte we are looking for a
Stress Testing Architect (m/f/d)
We are seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Stress Testing Architect to lead the development and integration of financial stress testing and forecasting solutions to ensure the approach is scalable for executing more frequent stress testing of different scenarios. This cross-departmental role will work closely with Risk, Finance, IT, and Treasury to ensure the Bank's readiness for internal and regulatory stress testing exercises and to enhance internal risk management
Design and Development
- Lead the design, development, and enhancement of quantitative models
- Draw the design of the stress testing landscape for the Bank
- Build and maintain robust, forward-looking models that support scenario analysis
- Integrate newly developed and existing models into the Bank's wider stress testing framework
- Ensure models meet both internal strategic needs and external regulatory expectations
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate closely with Risk Management, Finance, IT, and Treasury teams
- Serve as a liaison between business and technical teams, translating financial concepts
Data and Technology
- Build a stress testing suite in Python with colleagues from Finance, Risk and Treasury
- Oversee data sourcing, transformation, and validation processes to support stress testing activities
- Work with data engineers and developers to automate stress testing workflows and improve operational efficiency
- Ensure data integrity and uphold model governance standards
- Develop dashboards and visualizations to effectively communicate key insights and outcomes
Governance and Compliance
- Maintain comprehensive documentation and audit trails for developed models, assumptions, and methodologies
- Support internal and external audits, as well as regulatory reviews
- Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline
- Several years of experience in banking or financial services
- Proven experience managing cross-functional projects, ideally within a regulatory or risk-focused environment
- Strong understanding of financial statements (IFRS, HGB), balance sheet dynamics, and regulatory stress testing frameworks (e.g., BaFin, EBA, PRA)
- Well-developed skillset in data analysis and visualization tools such as, SQL, Python,or Power BI
- Familiarity with financial systems and platforms (e.g., QRM or similar)
- Knowledge of ICAAP, ILAAP, and Recovery Plan processes
- An international team with colleagues from more than 50 different countries
- Social benefits such as a company pension scheme and capital formation contributions
- 30 days holiday as well as 24 and 31 December as non-working days
- Employee Assistance Programme – personal 24/7 helpline for all employees
- Various possibilities for flexible working, i.a. various part-time models, flexitime
- Extensive, very flexible home office arrangements
- Possibility to work from other EU countries for up to 30 days per year
- Additional benefits such as sports activities, free fruit, nuts and drinks
- Employer contributions to BVG job ticket and a Lease a bike programme
- An informal corporate culture - without dress code and ‘Sie'.
- An excellent learning culture and opportunity to improve your professional competencies
- Easily accessible city centre offices, in the vicinity of many shops and restaurants to which you receive a discount