Senior Risk Manager - Brokerage

Our client a leading local Investment bank based inSaudi Arabiais seeking a Senior Risk Manager to join their team. Title: Senior Risk Manager - Brokerage Client: Leading Bank in Saudi Arabia
Location: Saudi Arabia
Salary: Competitive Reporting to: Head of Risk Management ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES - On Governance issues, he/she drafts risk management policies and procedures; proposes methodologies for the measurement of risk exposures and Raroc across risk classes; identifies and checks compliance with regulatory requirements on Risk Management; manages limit approvals and reviews. - On Risk Systems issues, the RMD specifies and/or reviews functional requirements and implementation plans with regards to brokerage and margin lending ; defines annual testing of functionalities and models wherever applicable; organizes and maintains risk parameters and static data information within risk systems (Fidessa, Thomson&Reuters). - On Market Risk issues, he/she measures and reports market risk exposures on a Value-at-risk and Scenario Analysis basis; executes an annual backtesting and risk modeling validation exercise; reviews market-liquidity and funding-liquidity risk exposures; provides support on valuation issues involving financial instruments. - On Credit Risk issues, the RMD measures and reports credit risk exposures on settlement risk, pre-settlement risk and margin lending risk; executes an annual securities classification review for margin lending; assess credit risks related to the underwriting of equities and bonds as well as secured lending to clients. - On Operational Risk issues, the RMD develops and reports a Non-financial Risk Dashboard, highlighting major operational risk exposures and actions taken; facilitates Risk Assessment Workshops or expert risk assessments; works in co-operation with Internal Audit and Compliance.

CORE COMPETENCIES - University degree, bachelor level or higher; CFA, FRM or equivalent; perfect command of English, with Arabic being a clear advantage. - 5 years or more of relevant professional experience in capital markets, with significant experience in Brokerage (stock brokerage, ETF market making, margin lending) and Risk Management highly desirable (e-brokerage, operational risks). Candidates with broad risk experience in Investment Banking are welcomed to apply. Please feel free to reply to this advert with an updated CV

About The Company

Huxley Associates is an international recruitment consultancy that provides specialised contingency and retained recruitment solutions in the following sectors across the region.
• Accountancy and Finance
• Banking Technology
• Energy
• Engineering
• Global Markets
• Human Resources
• IT
• Legal
• Oil and Gas
• Sales and Marketing
• Supply Chain
• Telecommunications Huxley Associates have enjoyed continuous growth over the past 16 years and have established a network of 16 offices around the world including Dubai, New York, London, Sydney, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Paris and Singapore. We are widely regarded as one the worlds leading executive recruitment consultancies offering unparalleled training, career progression and support to our consultants. This enables best in class service delivery across the marketplaces we focus upon. Huxley is committed to developing long term business relationships in the MENA region and take pride in the provision of quality recruitment support to our clients. Firms driven by a need to attract the best candidates from the local and international community use us repeatedly to gain competitive advantage in the acquisition of hard to find skillsets across the MENA region. #J-18808-Ljbffr