Liquidity Risk Controller - London, United Kingdom - Wise

Wise

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for a liquidity controller to join our expanding Treasury Risk and Control team. We're looking for a proactive controller who can help build the control framework supporting our global liquidity needs.

You'll have a chance to understand our products in depth and collaborate with data analysts, product leads, risk managers and finance teams.

The role of the liquidity controller is to understand the lifecycle of liquidity at Wise, from funding & supply, through the various uses of liquidity and the controls that are available to ensure Wise remains in an optimum operating position.

A list of the key responsibilities of the liquidity controller are given below:

Reviewing Risks and mitigating Controls:
Reviewing current liquidity controls in place (across both productlevel controls and operational controls within Treasury) and objectively challenging gaps, designing and working with product teams to implement new controls as required.
Reviewing risk taxonomy (levels 1 to 4)
Owning and maintaining a Risk and Controls Matrix which is clearly linked to the risk taxonomy level 4 items.
Reviewing (and if needed, designing) KRIs for all level 4 risk items.
For matured controls; working as 2nd LOD to review and assess controls design efficiency [DE] and operating effectiveness [OE] as part of RCSA
Stakeholder Reporting
Assessing the coverage / quality of reporting currently in place (including daily dashboards, alerts, input to risk and leadership committees)
Working with analysts / PMs to implement new analytical views / reporting into Wise tool sets such as Looker / Grafana
Chairing the monthly liquidity committee to ensure adherence to liquidity policy / remaining in risk appetite.
Working with regional/entity controlling and risk teams to understand local liquidity requirements.
New product onboarding:
Being a key point of contact for the product teams during product kickoff
Incidents review:
Understanding the root cause of any reported incident
Ensuring that the incident owner completes a post mortem
Testing existing KRIs to understand why they didn't catch the issue
Implementing new controls / KRIs and backtesting to prove expected effectiveness
Thresholds:
Challenging the setting / rationale of thresholds used for exposure management / KRIs and ensuring these are clearly documented.

Knowledge check:
(what do we expect the controller to understand)

Experience working with HQLA, LCR, LRD, daily liquidity (as appropriate)
An understanding in prudential risk / ILAAP
Basics in statistical measurement e.g. Zscore, Std Deviation, VaR
Fixed income product knowledge covering (but not limited to): interest rate, fx, credit, counterparty risk (and all basis risk associated therewith)
Risk Control Self Assessment (RCSA)

Key skills / qualifications:

Strong written and verbal communication
Ability to challenge
Ability to own issue remediation through to completion
Qualified accountant (or relevant finance / risk qualification)

What do we offer:

Starting salary: £76,000
Company Restricted Stock Units
Numerous great benefits in our London office

Key benefits:

Flexible working whether it's working from home, school plays or life admin we get that flexibility is essential and you're trusted to do the right thing and be responsible
Paid annual holiday, sick days, parental leave and other leave opportunities
6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise on top of annual leave

Salary (annual)
- £76,000—£100,000 GBP

We're people without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive. We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.

Every Wiser should feel that they can be themselves at work.

Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to share their contributions towards mission zero and able to progress in their careers.

Having diverse teams that reflect our diverse customer base helps us build a better product.

We can be more creative and empathetic to our customer's needs and life experiences and makes sure we leave no-one behind on our journey to mission-zero.