Risk Analyst/Capital Markets/Counterparty Credit Risk
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Working with one of the top financial clients, this role calls for a Risk Analyst/Capital Markets/Counterparty Credit Risk who will be focused on analysis, reporting, and monitoring of risk exposures, ensuring that they are in accordance with established policy limits. The incumbent is expected to execute on infrastructure changes with regard to new or revised policies. The role will involve close partnership and interaction with a wide range of areas, including credit risk management, global counterparty credit, market risk control, model development, front office, audit, and change delivery. As a result, the successful candidate will be required to possess strong communication skills.
Responsibilities:
- Generate accurate and complete processes to measure and report on exposures, ensuring that all reports are submitted as per reporting guidelines.
- Ensure that risks within covered portfolios are correctly measured, aggregated, and analyzed in accordance with established and approved risk policies and limits.
- Provide analysis, reporting and monitoring of risk exposures and adhere to internal standards with regard to violations and the escalation of production issues.
- Ensure that all late or missing reports and related process metrics are recorded, documented and explained appropriately.
- Propose, schedule, plan and champion projects to improve efficiencies to provide more effective business support.
- Execute infrastructure changes with regard to the implementation of new or revised policies or processes.
- Ensure internal control processes are adequate and documented appropriately as per the governance standards, including establishing appropriate review and assessment of the quality of outputs based on business standards.
- Manage operational risk (e.g., cross-training, documentation, and audit).
- Liaise closely with the Bank’s front office traders, Credit Risk Management (CRM), Global Counterparty Credit (GCC), audit, technology groups, and other stakeholders to assist in meeting the Bank’s objectives.
- Perform ad-hoc analyses of specific metrics/exposures/transactions as required by management and stakeholders.
- Maintain a good understanding of the analytical principles underlying the risk management of financial derivatives, including issues that arise regarding financial modeling of products for risk purposes.
- Investigate and analyze the results across the respective business areas of the IHC.
- Complete monthly reconciliation to ensure accuracy of risk captured
Desired Skill Set:
- 3 years of experience in Counterparty credit risk
- 3 years of experience in performing impact assessments, drafting requirements, and performing testing for projects
- 3 years of strong Financial Product Knowledge
- Strong communication skills
Nice To Have:
- CFA and/or FRM
- Excellent SQL skills
- Working knowledge of VBA Programming
- Previous risk management experience
- Python
- Strong Excel skills – Pivot tables, VLookups
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