Senior Ba - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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Description
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Role Purpose

The role holder will primarily act as a lead across the BAU VaR/SVAR, MR Stress testing and FRTB planning and execution agenda for TR.


Principal Accountabilities:
Impact on the Business

  • Support the planning and implementation of FRTB agenda for TR
  • Efficiency improvement of existing fragmented and manual systems
  • Global consistency and improved control framework
Customers / Stakeholders
Deliver effective systems in close co-operation with the following stakeholders;

  • Market Risk Management
  • Traded Credit Risk Management
  • Front Office Desks across all asset classes
  • Regulatory & Risk Analytics (GRA)
  • Independent model review (IMR)
  • Traded Risk Control
  • Global Wholesale Credit & Market Risk
  • Group Risk Technology
  • Front Office IT
Leadership & Teamwork

  • Delivery of transformation projects
  • Liaise with global/other regional BAs and project managers to leverage knowledge and ensure successful transformation implementation
  • Work effectively within the team on cross component projects.
Operational Effectiveness & Control
Be cognizant of the need of a strong control environment and ensuring process improvements are being prioritized

  • Control process is in line with internal and external regulation (PRA, SOx, KPMG, etc.)
Major Challenges

  • Fragmented environment with large number of source and legacy systems
  • Constantly changing regulatory environment
  • Local specifics and (legal) restrictions
  • Dependencies on Front Office IT priorities
Role Context

  • The role is based in London, working closely with Risk Managers, Risk Controllers. Risk IT and GRA to ensure smooth delivery of complex projects and work streams
  • Changes to Risk systems are governed by external regulators, which require the project manager to ensure communication channels are open and available between the Risk Managers and the Regulatory & Risk Analytics teams
  • Responsible to ensure the wider change delivery team is kept abreast of changes in the region and are being engaged in the improvement process
Management of Risk

The jobholder will ensure the fair treatment of our customers is at the heart of everything we do, both personally and as an organisation.

The jobholder will also continually reassess the operational risks associated with the role and inherent in the business, taking account of changing economic or market conditions, legal and regulatory requirements, operating procedures and practices, managementrestructurings, and the impact of new technology.

This will be achieved by ensuring all actions take account of the likelihood of operational risk occurring.
Also by addressing any areas of concern in conjunction with entity management and/or the appropriate department.
Observation of Internal Controls
The jobholder will also adhere to and be able to demonstrate adherence to internal controls.

This will be achieved by adherence to all relevant procedures, keeping appropriate records and, where appropriate, by the timely implementation of internal and externalaudit points, including issues raised by external regulators.

The jobholder will implement the Group compliance policy by containing compliance risk in liaison with Global Head of Compliance, Global Compliance Officer, Area Compliance Officer or Local Compliance Officer.

The term 'compliance' embraces all relevant financialservices laws, rules and codes with which the business has to comply.


This will be achieved by adhering to all relevant processes/procedures and by liaising with Compliance department about new business initiatives at the earliest opportunity.

Also and when applicable, by ensuring adequate resources are in place and trainingis provided, fostering a compliance culture and optimising relations with regulators.


ESSENTIAL TECHINCAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

  • Strong background and knowledge in Market risk
  • Historical Simulation VaR, Sensitivities, Risk Factors Market data and RNIVs.
  • Crossasset product knowledge and FRTB IMA capital model concepts (ES, SES). Understanding of Products, Risk factors and market data object taxonomies.
  • Knowledge and experience of Agile methodology and project management.
  • Experienced in process mapping and data life cycle design. Product design desirable.
  • Ability to work with large volumes of data Analysis, regression of data and presentation of data.
  • Ability to demonstrate strong Excel, Power point and Python programming skills.
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