Valuations Controller – Models and - London, United Kingdom - Barclays

Barclays

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Valuations Controller, Models and Methodologies

London

As a Barclays Valuations Controller for Models and Methodologies, you will help drive the firm's agenda around the enhancements to model and methodology stream in Regulatory Change.

In your role, you will define new documentation standards for documentation around Price Testing, Prudent Valuation and Valuation adjustment methodologies.

This is an opportunity for you to work with Valuations team, and uplift the existing documentation to new Standards. Lastly, you will work across Asset classes and have frequent interaction with other teams.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us.

We offer careers that provide endless opportunity - helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

What will you be doing?

Discussing best practice price testing, prudent valuation, fair value adjustments, day 1 P&L, general modelling issues, uncertainties for specific products and markets
Liaising with trading and business heads, Product Control, Risk Management and Quantitative departments on valuation and modelling issues
Being involved with regional and global ad hoc projects and investigations
Investigating pricing, model uncertainty in methodology and the parameters used, and testing the model calibration employed
Supporting knowledge sharing within the team in conducting coaching, training and driving a high performance culture
Thinking outside of a process to understand the fundamental question and find the optimal resolution
Understanding key valuation concerns challenging the desk and driving control improvements
Highlighting areas that could cause potential valuation risk to the bank and developing solutions to enhance current ongoing processes and controls

What we're looking for:

MSc in quantitative discipline or a similar qualification and/or professional qualification (e.g., CFA, FRM) is preferred
Extensive experience in a Valuation Control function, risk management or trading role of a top tier investment bank
Experience and proven track record in dealing with junior and senior members of Front office, Line Product Control, Risk management teams across various locations
Proactive and assertive in identifying control or valuation concerns, challenging the Business and driving control improvement for their area

Skills that will help you in the role:

Good financial product knowledge and attention to detail
Excellent people skills and stakeholder management and ability to work independently to resolve unstructured problems. Team player
Good communication skills and ability to present/explain complex issues in simple terms with stakeholders from Trading, Finance, Market Risk and IT across different levels

Where will you be working?

In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links.

With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.

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