Market Risk - 6 month FTC

Posted 02 September 2020
Salary £50000 - £60000.00 per annum
LocationLondon
Job type Contract
ReferenceBBBH106655_1599048708
Contact NameWilliam Shephard

Job description

Key responsibilities:

  • Ensuring all market risks in the bank are identified, monitored and controlled effectively as to maintain appropriate controls.
  • Ensure all market risk limit breaches are reported to senior management and addressed.
  • Intra-day monitoring of risk systems to report to HO on regular basis.
  • Actively support the wider Risk function, mostly Credit Risk reporting
  • Working alongside senior colleagues on the development and implementation of new risk reports and stress scenarios or VaR based models.

Skills required:

  • Degree within Financial Mathematics, Engineering, Sciences or Economics. (Masters preferable)
  • Strong working knowledge of market risk or counterparty principals are required (VaR, SVaR, Stress testing)
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills required (Mandarin would be preferable)