DATA ENGINEER – RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS CONTROL

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Job Summary: We are seeking a technically skilled, data-oriented professional to participate in the design, simulation, and construction of risk and control indicators, working cross-functionally with business teams and IT systems. Key Highlights: 1. Analytical role with organizational impact and learning opportunities. 2. Join the most innovative bank in Western Europe. 3. Professional development with personalized onboarding and training. MADRID, B, ES, 08028 CaixaBank is a financial group operating under a socially responsible universal banking model with a long-term vision, grounded in quality, proximity, and specialization. It delivers tailored product and service value propositions for each customer segment, embracing innovation as a strategic challenge and a defining cultural trait. Its leadership position in retail banking in Spain and Portugal enables it to play a key role in contributing to sustainable economic growth. What projects do we develop? At CaixaBank, we maintain a Corporate Governance model aligned with sector best practices and regulatory body recommendations. To this end, we implement an Internal Control model based on the Three Lines of Defense, ensuring a robust and reliable environment for risk management and control. Within the Risk Process Control Department, we ensure that this control framework is truly effective and lead a strategic initiative focused on defining and implementing an advanced process analysis methodology, as well as identifying and assessing risks and controls. We seek to hire a technically skilled, data-oriented professional eager to participate in designing, simulating, and building risk and control indicators (KRIs/KCIs). You will work cross-functionally with business and systems teams, contributing both to technical-functional definition and implementation of data-driven solutions. This is a highly analytical role with significant organizational impact and learning opportunities within a dynamic environment. The position is located at CaixaBank’s Corporate Services buildings in Madrid. Your main responsibilities will include, among others: * Translating functional requirements into technical specifications for indicator development. * Defining risk and control indicators and collaborating with Systems teams on their implementation. * Identifying and understanding information sources required for indicator development. * Validating data integrity, quality, and consistency. * Strong data orientation and collaboration with systems and business teams. * Conducting simulations prior to indicator implementation. * Validating and monitoring indicator results. * Generating reports using BI tools and delivering periodic reporting. Minimum Requirements * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Mathematics, or related field. * Advanced proficiency in SQL programming. * Intermediate or advanced proficiency in ETL procedures. * Minimum 1 year of experience in Information Systems or data environments within the financial sector. * Advanced user of office productivity software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). * Experience in relational database modeling and design, and Oracle databases is desirable. * Positive consideration will be given to experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP: BigQuery, Dataflow…), Qlik Sense or Power BI, Python or R. * At least 1 year of experience in Control Systems management is considered a strong asset. * At least 2 years of experience in developing/validating risk and control indicators is considered a strong asset. Key Competencies * Critical, analytical, and synthetic thinking; ability to resolve incidents and make rapid decisions. * Ability to structure complex, data-based problems. * Rigor in defining and validating indicators. * Results orientation and autonomy in executing assigned tasks. * Teamwork capability. * Initiative, creativity, and curiosity about best practices in “Control”. * Communication skills for interaction with responsible departments. * Technical-functional liaison capability. What do we offer? * The opportunity to join the most innovative bank in Western Europe, as recognized by Global Finance magazine’s “The Innovators” awards. * A personalized onboarding and mentoring program supporting your professional development. * An individualized training pathway with access to our online platform, offering an extensive catalog of self-paced learning resources to foster continuous growth. * A comprehensive, fully free health insurance plan for you. Additionally, you will be enrolled in our Pension Plan, to which CaixaBank contributes—thinking ahead to your future. * Flexible compensation applicable to transportation, training, languages, childcare, and other areas. Flexibility Measures (remote work, flexible start times) * We hold the Top Employer certification, recognizing us as one of the best companies to work for. Job Profile A Control professional responsible for collecting, storing, analyzing, and processing data; defining and building risk and control indicators; enabling continuous monitoring of the control framework across the organization’s most critical processes. Identification of relevant patterns and trends concerning controls and indicators. Competencies **HARD SKILLS** INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS OVER INFORMATION DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES COMPLIANCE AND CONTROL INTERNAL TOOLS, SYSTEMS, AND PROCESSES RISK PROCESSES, POLICIES, AND OPERATIONS DATA VISUALIZATION PROCESS ANALYSIS, DESIGN, AND REENGINEERING INDICATOR DEFINITION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND MONITORING REPORT PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT IOT AND BIG DATA TECHNOLOGIES ADVANCED ANALYTICS AND AI TOOLS**SOFT SKILLS** ALLIANCES – COLLABORATION AND CROSS-FUNCTIONALITY ALLIANCES – COMMUNICATION ALLIANCES – INFLUENCE ALLIANCES – CUSTOMER ORIENTATION HUMANISM – COMMUNICATION AND EMPATHY HUMANISM – LEADERSHIP AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT / SELF-LEADERSHIP ANTICIPATION – ANTICIPATION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT EMPOWERMENT – RESULTS FOCUS DIVERSITY – PROMOTING DIVERSITY