Senior Quantitative Market Risk Associate

Posted 27 January 2020
Salary £55000 - £75000.00 per annum
LocationLondon
Job type Permanent
ReferenceBBBH98033_1580140444
Contact NameWilliam Shephard

Job description

Responsibilities:

  • VaR model enhancement, support and development
  • Defining and implementing all methodological improvements for portfolio market risk metrics with main focus on Repo and Equity products.
  • FRTB model development focusing on internal model and PnL attribution test
  • Prototyping of ES model and documenting of FRTB related analytics requirements for IT/Strats.
  • Participation in cross industry FRTB forums (ISDA,GFMA)
  • Responsible for coordinating model development between Strats and risk analytics team.
  • Interacting with Quantitative Analytics, Risk Methodology along with FO IT in order to understand and implement changes required.

Skills Required:

  • Educated to at least the level of an MSc in a quantitative scientific subject including statistics and a research element
  • Strong understanding of market risk and traded products
  • Good understanding of VaR and FRTB
  • Must have experience with simulation methods
  • Strong computing skills (programming skills desirable)
  • Development experience in Python would be an advantage