Risk Manager

We’re looking for sustainable energy and digital infrastructure enthusiasts with skills and vision to join us grow our debt portfolio resilient to today’s challenges and vital to build a better tomorrow. Join Siemens Bank in our London Branch as a Risk Manager in the EMEA Project Finance team to underwrite and manage projects in our exciting pipeline of traditional and emerging energy and infrastructure transactions including renewables, flexible generation, battery storage, e-mobility, data centre, smart infrastructure, and digital industries projects.

Whilst this role is based in our London Branch, we have a flexible working policy and offer a combination of home and office working. SFS Project and Structured Finance Debt is one of the four financial services-oriented Business Units at SFS. Its role is to provide structured debt finance for the European, Middle East, African and Asia‑Australian regions, through Munich-based Siemens Bank GmbH and its branches in London and Singapore. Siemens Bank, London Branch has an exciting opportunity to join a well‑established and market‑leading project finance risk management team. We are actively involved in identifying, structuring, arranging, and lending to project finance transactions. This role will be based in London, reporting to the Head of Project Finance Risk Management for UK&MEA.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive new transaction risk analysis for project finance and infrastructure loan transactions based in the UK and the Middle East.
• Manage the underwriting process with a focus on risk assessment and optimising structures.
• Coordinate the various workstreams in the transaction team (e.g. Rating, Legal, Tax, Compliance, Asset Management, Operations) during the underwriting and portfolio monitoring.
• Evaluate transactions from a risk/return perspective and present applications to SFS and/or Siemens Bank Management and Committee(s).
• Prepare the credit applications including the due diligence of credit material, review and negotiation of the financial model, and of the commercial and financing agreements.
• Assess requests for consents, waivers and amendments and represent SFS/Siemens Bank as main point of contact.
• Develop, implement and monitor compliance with risk strategies, operating policies and practices to ensure effective risk management, both in initial risk assessment and over the lifetime of transactions.
• Perform training and coaching tasks in the team.
• Ensure reporting, data and process quality in the loan business.
• Maintain sound understanding of the energy sector, as well as current market conditions and financing trends.

Qualifications

• Transactional experience (either lending or advisory) in energy and infrastructure project finance with ideally experience structuring energy transition and renewables transactions.
• Solid understanding of the UK energy sector.
• Sound financial modelling skills.
• Familiarity with complex financial structures and transaction analysis.
• Capacity to review and negotiate legal documentation.
• Understanding of risk management processes/tools.
• A university degree complemented ideally with a finance‑related post‑graduate or professional qualification is desired.

Skills & Competencies

• Proven ability to take ownership of projects with a proactive, motivated, and results‑driven approach.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to make well‑informed decisions and communicate them clearly.
• High level of accuracy and efficiency in delivering work to a consistent standard.
• Capability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively, demonstrating professionalism and integrity.
• Sound judgement in balancing risk and growth considerations, with confidence in acting as a decision maker.

Benefits

• Performance‑Based Bonus: Enjoy an annual bonus linked to individual and company performance, acknowledging your contributions to our collective success.
• Flexible Working Hours: Achieve a healthy work‑life balance with our flexible working arrangements, enabling you to tailor your schedule to your needs.
• Pension Plan: Secure your future with our generous pension scheme, with employer contributions up to 10%.
• Time Off: Recharge and rejuvenate with 26 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays), and the option to buy or sell an additional 5 days.
• Private Healthcare: Free BUPA plan, plus subsidised healthcare for immediate family members.

We are fully committed to providing equal opportunities and building an inclusive workplace where a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives thrive. We embrace the many ways people think, learn, and experience the world—because we know that diverse minds drive innovation. So that we can support you to be your best during the application and interview process, please let us know if you have any specific requirements.