AVP - Trading Risk - BFS

AVP - Trading Risk

Overall purpose of role:

The candidate will focus on the below key areas:

1) Supporting Markets Management in effectively understanding and managing the Risk & Capital profile of the Business,

2) Onboarding, creating & maintaining a Markets Dashboard for Risk, P&L, Volumes and other key metrics on platforms similar to Tableau and

3) Should be capable of working independently while understanding the requirements and delivering projects in a timely manner.

4) Improve efficiency in existing reporting and analytics frame work for the business which facilitates in commentary and gaining key insights

5) Coordinate with different infrastructure & business stakeholders to understand the requirements which would eventually assist in setting up interactive dashboards, analytical and business overview reports.

6) Periodical review of Data quality and integrity to ensure numbers are accurate and reflective of the overall business

7) Mentoring senior Analyst in the team & ensuring book of work is delivered in a timely manner.

Key Accountabilities:

- Analyse portfolio and specific risks across the Markets Business on a regular and ad-hoc basis to support the Trading Management in making effective business risk decisions.

- This analysis could cover any Risk Stripe across Market, Credit, Counterparty or Liquidity Risk and will require close coordination with the CIB Risk Function.

- Create and maintain a Markets dashboard (Equities, Credit, Macro and Securitized Products) by onboarding key risk metrics on platforms like Tableau or any other relevant tool

- Maintain the data integrity of such dashboards and do periodic checks and run processes to maintain the data quality.

- Improve the existing data and risk analytics methodology by utilizing tools like R, Python and other analytical tools which will give meaningful business insights

- Manage or participate in projects for the business where Risk and Markets expertise is required. This can include a broad range of subjects such as and not limited to Technology, methodological changes or Finance items.

- Work to liaise with control functions such as Market, Credit and Counterparty Risk to ensure the business effectively operates within control frameworks and that these frameworks are fit for purpose to ensure the business can function effectively.

Stakeholder Management:

- The role will require the individual to interact with multiple stakeholders in different areas including but not limited to: Markets Management, Sales and Trading desks, Research, Market Risk, QA, IT, Compliance, Middle Office and Finance.

- Strong interpersonal skills are essential to navigate and align multiple stakeholders to ensure the right outcome for the firm.

Decision-making and Problem Solving:

- The individual requires the ability to make strategic decisions and excellent problem solving skills.

Risk and Control Objective:

- Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Policies and Policy Standards

Person Specification:

The role will require the following attributes:

- Strong 3-6 years' experience in Risk & Capital tools, methodologies and applications.

- Experience working with partners across infrastructure - including Technology, QA, Trading, Business Management.

- Collaborative and entrepreneurial drive to partner across products, functions and regions

- Strong technological skills across markets specific technology such as Bloomberg, and general technology such as SQL, Excel, etc, coupled with analytical experience to effectively source, manipulate and analyze complex datasets.

- An understanding of the Regulatory Framework in which the business operates including how this practically translates into control frameworks within the bank and effects the cost base of the business via capital charges.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

- Minimum Bachelors/PG Degree in a numeric based, preferably financial skewed discipline.

- Experience in working with large data sets and using relevant analytical tools

- Experience in creating Dashboards in Tableau or other similar platforms

- Strong technical IT skills across Microsoft Excel/SQL/VBA/Python/R/Tableau

- Broad experience with risk concepts across Markets including Risk Analytics, Stress, Pricing and Risk modelling, Capital.

- Experience presenting / communicating complex risk concepts and analysis.

- Preference to CFA/FRM

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

- Relevant professional qualification such as CFA or FRM