Financial Risk Manager

Clarios•Milwaukee, WI

About The Position

Clarios is seeking a highly analytical, commercially minded Financial Risk Manager to support global financial risk management and treasury activities. The role identifies, measures, monitors, and manages exposures related to foreign exchange, commodities, interest rates, liquidity, and other market-driven risks. The position partners with Treasury, Corporate Finance, Accounting, business units, and external banking partners to develop data-driven strategies that support financial objectives while maintaining an appropriate risk profile. The role also supports treasury and capital-market activities, develops quantitative models and analytics, improves treasury processes and technology, and helps ensure compliance with treasury policies, internal controls, and accounting requirements. It translates complex market risks into practical recommendations for cross-functional business partners.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience in Treasury, Financial Risk Management, Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Banking, or a related discipline.
Strong understanding of foreign exchange markets.
Strong understanding of commodity markets.
Strong understanding of interest rate risk.
Strong understanding of derivative instruments.
Strong understanding of corporate treasury concepts.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting multinational corporate treasury operations.
Knowledge of hedge-accounting concepts.
Experience with treasury management systems and market-data platforms.
Programming or analytics experience with Python, Power BI, SQL, VBA, or similar tools.
Professional certifications such as CFA, FRM, or CTP.

Responsibilities

Analyze and quantify global foreign exchange, commodity, interest rate, and balance-sheet exposures.
Support the design, execution, and monitoring of hedging strategies using derivatives and natural offsets.
Perform scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, stress testing, and value-at-risk assessments.
Develop risk dashboards, KPIs, and reporting packages for Treasury leadership and senior management.
Monitor markets and provide actionable insights about currency, commodity, interest rate, and macroeconomic trends.
Evaluate hedge performance and recommend improvements to risk strategies and policy frameworks.
Support debt management, refinancing, bank relationship management, and capital-structure initiatives.
Assist with execution and administration of derivatives and other treasury instruments, including FX forwards, commodity hedges, and interest-rate derivatives.
Coordinate with banking partners on transactions, documentation, pricing analyses, and execution support.
Participate in treasury projects involving funding strategies, liquidity optimization, and financial risk mitigation.
Develop and maintain analytical models to improve market-risk measurement and hedge-effectiveness analysis.
Use data analytics, automation, and emerging technologies to improve treasury processes and decision support.
Build tools and reporting solutions that increase transparency and reduce manual effort across treasury activities.
Support the evolution of treasury technology platforms, market-data processes, and risk-reporting infrastructure.
Support compliance with treasury policies, internal controls, and applicable accounting requirements.
Collaborate with Accounting on hedge-accounting documentation, testing, and reporting.
Assist with audits, regulatory requests, and internal-control reviews.
Maintain strong documentation, governance, and operational discipline across treasury activities.
Partner with Finance, Procurement, Commercial teams, and Operations to understand changing business exposures.
Translate complex market risks into practical business recommendations.