Associate Risk Analyst

Requirements

1. Able Identify and evaluate the likelihood and impact of potential financial risks on the organization including credit, market, liquidity, operational and regulatory risks.
2. Operational Risk Management SME: Good understanding of risk measurement, reporting, tracking and programme roll-out of ORM; solid regulatory expertise; with at least 3 years’ experience of hands-on ORM.
3. Ability to interpret and quantify regulatory guidelines, investment restrictions.
4. Working knowledge of risk measurement, quantitative techniques, policy, regulations, benchmarking to best practice, risk control/reporting/MI, risk technology, risk analytics, credit analysis, project management especially change management and advanced IT proficiency skills i.e. Microsoft tools (Excel, word, Power point), Bloomberg, any portfolio management systems (preferably Broadridge). Working knowledge of VBA, Power BI, SQL, Python etc will add value.
5. Having worked for a capital market, asset management, trading firm with good knowledge of industry and regulatory standards.
6. Product knowledge: Asset Management (equities and fixed income), equity and credit trading, FX, derivatives and funding/treasury products. Demonstrate product knowledge by illustration settlement process and trade lifecycle.
7. Exhibit the right behaviours: take personal responsibility for directly influencing the risk culture (e.g. 3LOD framework) of the firm, increasing transparency and team-linking.
8. Strong academic background: undergraduate or postgraduate degrees in finance or related disciplines. Professional qualifications or technical certifications will be advantageous.

Responsibilities

1. Operational risk management - build / consolidate and roll-out framework: policy, procedures, reporting, roll-out operational risk self-assessment, provide training to stakeholders, work with Finance on ICAAP IRAP.
2. Market/credit/liquidity/investment risk - build / consolidate and roll-out framework - policy & procedures, reporting, project management, technology developments, risk analytics and regulatory submissions such as ICAAP IRAP.
3. Perform risk due diligence for change agenda, regulatory asks and new products / business lines / technology.
4. Deal with internal and external stakeholders e.g. management, business, support teams, regulator and auditors.

Skill score

1 Independent - able to coordinate / develop solutions and ideas with minimal supervision, producing work that is fit for purpose and aligned to industry standards

2 Developing and demonstrating high potential - able to drive through solutions and ideas with some supervision and exhibits strong set of appropriate skills and technical content

3 Requires high degree of supervision and direction - very early-stage Risk SME, requiring substantial investment in developing both technical content and coordination / project management skills