The Organization Cisco Capital delivers customer-centric, partner-enabled payment options for Cisco-led solutions. As the Captive finance business within Cisco, we deliver a broad scope of flexible capabilities globally while effectively bridging the gap between the demands of emerging market dynamics and customersu2019 and partnersu2019 financing requirements. Programs and payment solutions are crafted to allow a realization of the full Cisco benefits and range from groundbreaking models such as flexible consumption-based business models to more traditional financing models. The Team Join Cisco Capital's German legal entity, a vital part of our international operations. We are a dedicated team focused on ensuring robust risk management practices that support our financial services business. You will be an integral part of our matrixed environment that values collaboration and proactive risk mitigation. What You'll Do As a Risk Manager, you will play a crucial role in safeguarding Cisco Capital's financial health and compliance within the German market. Your core responsibilities will include: Risk Reporting & Analysis: Prepare, assess, and continuously enhance regulatory risk reporting, collaborating with various internal departments to ensure comprehensive and accurate insights. Information Flow Management: Establish, document and maintain processes for the timely and accurate transfer of essential risk-related information to management and internal audit. Risk Indicator Development: Further develop and refine our system of risk indicators and an early risk detection procedure to proactively identify potential threats. Risk Integration & Measurement: Support the validation and measurement of company-specific risks, ensuring their effective integration into the risk-bearing capacity calculation. Regulatory Compliance: Drive the implementation and adherence to key German regulatory requirements, including KWG, MaRisk, and BAIT/DORA with a strong emphasis on capital adequacy. Guideline Management: Own, develop, and update all risk management guidelines to ensure they remain current and effective. Who You'll Work With This individual contributor role operates within Cisco's international matrix environment. You will report directly to the Head of Global Compliance for Cisco Capital, and you will engage with various internal stakeholders across different departments and geographies. This role requires strong collaboration skills and an understanding of working within a complex organizational structure. Who You Are You are a motivated and thorough professional with a strong understanding of German regulatory risk management principles and regulatory frameworks. You have experience in managing regulatory compliance under KWG, MaRisk and BAIT/DORA in a banking, leasing or similar environment. You have a structured and analytical approach to your work keeping the overall end-end process in mind while driving thorough analysis and recommendations. You proactively identify and influence stakeholders, balancing strategic business objectives with regulatory compliance requirements while driving accountability. You thrive in a collaborative international setting and possess the ability to navigate a matrix organization effectively. A cultural alignment with Cisco's values and ways of working is essential. Minimum Qualifications Completed university degree in Economics, Mathematics, Business Administration or a comparable field with a specialization in Finance or Risk Management, with at least 6 years of relevant experience in a regulatory compliance or risk management function within financial services institution (leasing, factoring, banking, fintech, audit). Professional experience in risk assessment, risk management, controlling, internal audit, process management, or auditing for regulatory risk management processes. Demonstrated experience within the financial services sector, particularly with leasing and factoring, and a solid understanding of KWG, MaRisk and BAIT/DORA aspects. Up-to-date knowledge of national and European regulatory requirements relevant to financial institutions. Proven experience with quantitative regulatory risk assessment methods and models. Fluent in German and English \LI-TK1 Why Cisco? At Cisco, weu2019re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era u2013 and beyond. Weu2019ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and youu2019ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. 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