About the Role
Our client is seeking a highly motivated Market Risk Business Analyst to join their growing Risk Management team. In this role, you will play a critical part in identifying, measuring, and reporting market risk across trading activities and investment portfolios. You will leverage your strong analytical and programming skills to build and maintain robust risk models and data pipelines, ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of their risk management framework.
We are looking for a self-starter and is able to collaborate with other teams along with communicate with other stakeholders
Requirements
Responsibilities
Partner with traders, portfolio managers, and quantitative analysts to understand market risk exposures and develop risk mitigation strategies.
Design, develop, and implement quantitative models to assess Value at Risk (VaR), portfolio sensitivities, and other market risk metrics.
Utilize Python programming language and relevant libraries (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy) to manipulate, analyze, and visualize market data.
Build and maintain data pipelines for efficient ingestion, transformation, and cleansing of financial data from various sources.
Conduct back-testing and stress-testing exercises to assess the effectiveness of risk models and identify potential risk scenarios.
Generate clear and concise reports on market risk exposures, trends, and risk management activities.
Collaborate with IT teams to ensure the smooth functioning and integration of risk management systems with front-office applications.
Stay abreast of regulatory developments and ensure adherence to relevant market risk capital requirements.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance, or a related field
Strong understanding of market risk principles and methodologies, including econometrics. Proficiency in Python programming language and experience with relevant libraries (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy).
Solid understanding of time series analysis techniques and statistical modelling.
Experience with building and maintaining data pipelines for financial data.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Experience with financial modeling and derivatives pricing
Knowledge of SQL and database management systems (preferred).
Benefits :
We offer up to 100000 gbp and benefits package, including health insurance, dental insurance, disability insurance, paid time of
About the Company
We are a leading recruitment/IT services company. We are working with Global IT Services company to look for a suitable candidate to join a team of passionate professionals dedicated to fostering connections between top IT talent and leading financial institutions. We partner with Fortune 500 banks and IT services firms, leveraging our deep understanding of the finance industry to identify the most sought-after positions for highly skilled candidates.