Market Risk Analyst

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa FirstRand Full time
About us, purpose, experience and qualifications

about us:

purpose:

  • To monitor and manage the risk in relevant area for the Markets Division by identifying, quantifying, analysing and troubleshooting market risk issues on a daily basis

experience and qualifications:

  • Minimum Qualification: Relevant Degree
  • Preferred Qualification: Relevant Post Graduate
Experience Required: 3 to 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 to 2 years ideally at junior specialist level

  • Competencies:
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Judgement and Decision-Making
  • Solutions Thinking
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Business Insight and Risk Awareness
  • Consulting and Advising
  • Mathematical Acumen
  • Customer Focus
  • Teamwork
  • Excellence and Quality Orientation Resilience and Stress Management
    additional requirements:

responsibilities:

  • Build and/or improve on a risk report for various trading desks.
  • Perform market risk factor analysis in order to identify risk.
  • Attribute profit and losses to various market risk factors.
  • Identify quantify analyse and troubleshoot market risk issues.
  • Evaluate implement and optimise risk management processes and systems.
  • Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue listen advise influence and negotiate to achieve winwin outcomes.
  • Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress manage expectations and ensure stakeholders requirements are delivered.
  • Preserves relationships despite airing conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts.
  • Anticipates consequences and adapts problem solving based on continual feedback.
  • Act speedily to resolve problems queries and complaints.
  • Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences.
  • Attribute actual profits and losses to its risk sensitivities.
  • Explain large profits/losses to top management in terms of market risk sensitivities.
  • Ensure daily interaction with traders and conduct scenario analysis on their behalf
  • Selfmanagement: Demonstrates pride in the organisations brand services and products by consistently delivering on the brands promise.
  • Selfmanagement: Plan and manage own workflow anticipating obstacles juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed timeframes and according to quality standards.
  • Selfmanagement: Stay relevant and uptodate with legislations and new development.
  • Selfmanagement: Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback.
  • Selfmanagement: Handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact others.
  • Selfmanagement: Take ownership of personal career development leveraging formal and informal opportunities.
  • Selfmanagement: Act in an ethical transparent and morally defensible manner including highlighting unethical practices.
  • Teamwork
: Continually share debate and communicate learnings.

  • Teamwork
: Flag and debate issues constructively.

  • Teamwork
: Contribute to a friendly co-operative climate in working with others to achieve collective goals.

  • Teamwork
: Be sensitive to others feelings needs values views and attitudes and be courteous and diplomatic when dealing with difficulties and problems others may be experiencing (EQ).
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