Senior Risk Analyst
To £75,000 + Bonus + Benefits
London City

THE COMPANY
The Company is an expanding, full service regulated brokerage and financial services group with a truly global presence. They have a strong, long term presence and attachment to London. They now have an immediate start role for a Senior Risk Analyst.

THE ROLE
Reporting to the Risk Operations Manager, the Senior Risk Analyst will be responsible for assisting in managing the organisation's risk and helping to implement, oversee and maintain the risk management framework inclusive of the Risk Appetite and Risk Tolerances and in line with its strategic plans and its third party outsourced activities. This includes assisting in developing and maintaining detailed risk management policies and processes and providing specialist support and advice to the business, working with key business stakeholders to facilitate the improvement of the risk management framework across the business. The Senior Risk Analyst will be responsible for:

  • Review risk metrics methodologies including but not exclusively (VaR, Stress Test, LVaR, Back testing, NPVaR, what if scenarios)
  • Implement and utilise a Net Present Value at Risk model across multiple financial and commodity products including Futures, Options, Swaps, and Bonds
  • Preparation of calculation of VaR and Greeks for trading scenarios
  • Responsible for Risk-Reward analysis for traders on their location and calendar spreads strategies
  • Prepare daily, monthly and quarterly analysis and reporting (P&L, Greeks, VaR, Stress Tests, Liquidity Adjusted VaR, Backtesting, NPVaR, PaR)
  • Review the validation of markets and windows liquidity, and trading periods in VaR methodologies
  • Devise and implement a stress-testing framework: focused on assessing the impacts of several market scenarios on client P&L's.
  • Assessing stress-test result vs. limit and communicating breaches to senior management
  • Analysing the impact of stress-test vs. liquidity
  • Prepare reports for trader limit control procedures assessing trader exposure against pre-defined limits: including margin, VaR and Greek exposures.
  • Producing and communicating key risk reports for senior management
  • Understanding impact of liquidity on trading constraint for front office
  • Monitor real-time risk monitoring of clients, encompassing trader and exposure limit control
  • Analysing suitability of initial margin, for new products
  • Make an assessment of our economic capital requirement
  • Analyse Risk methodologies including calculation of VaR, stress testing techniques, trading strategies, and Greek based risk measurement.
  • Must have a comprehensive understanding in the trading of future and options derivatives, Equities/CFD's and FX
  • Ability to liaise with front-office and discuss limit setting.
  • Understanding of Trading platforms including: GMI, TT, RTS, Crossfire, Webice, Eurex, Fidessa

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
The successful candidate will possess the following:

  • 5 years previous experience in a risk management role within financial services/brokerage firm and a background in Futures and Options
  • Experience using Electronic Trading Platforms (ideally CQG, Fidessa, ICE, CME Clearport and Trading Technologies) and advanced Excel
  • Excellent knowledge of industry best risk management practice including FCA/regulatory requirements
  • Experience in developing and implementing risk management policies and processes
  • Ability to understand and articulate the commercial benefits of effective risk management
  • Excellent communication, relationship management and influencing skills
  • Ability to analyse, present and report risk management data to Directors
  • Attention to detail and ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to provide and respond to challenge at senior/executive level
  • Ability to adapt and respond to change