Market Risk Analyst

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The job offers an exciting opportunity to be an integral part of a top Tier Investment Bank. This is a challenging and visible role which is part of a team responsible for the overall management of traded market risk within established frameworks, appetite and limits by ensuring that traded market risks are identified, measured, managed, reported and challenged.

The role has a demanding product and technical content, and the sheer pace of activity and growth within the bank, are such that an energetic and proactive approach will be needed. Good product and quantitative knowledge is essential, along with proven IT understanding is required in order to succeed. These will be underpinned by intellectual capability and strong communication skills as well as the ability to work accurately and independently.

**Job Description**:
Accountability: Risk and Control
- Ensure compliance with all Cluster and Group-wide requirements and policies (including changes in accounting standards) are understood and communicated.
- Ensure that any new developments in regulations and accounting standards impacting market and valuation risk are understood and implemented.
- Develop product specific risk and valuation expertise to enable pro-active risk management.
- Reviewing risk and valuation adjustment methodologies for their appropriateness to ensure positions are marked to fair value.
- Provide input into sign-off of New Products, Structured Trade Review, New and Amended Curves that are generated from responsible business lines.
- Have a good understanding of Market Risk regulations and provide guidance to the business on how this is impacted by risk taking- Accountability: Risk Analysis and Reporting
- Identify possible market and valuation risks by staying abreast of economic changes, market movements and position exposures.
- Ensure accurate and complete market and valuation risk measurement.
- Perform risk monitoring against limits, and ensure all controls are effective.
- Analyse the market risks incurred daily to ensure a complete understanding of the risk profile.
- Analyse the market risk exposures in relation to market movements to understand the drivers behind profit and loss data.
- Daily and monthly risk reports to business and management.
- Provide meaningful commentary to support risk analysis.
- Provide relevant input to all governance forums. Daily & monthly risk reports to business and management.
- Develop and provide management information (MI) and reports as required by stakeholders as determined and agreed from time to time.
- Facilitate the compilation of reports by providing data and MI in a format that allows it to be utilised effectively to assist management in understanding the risk profile and assist in the decision-making processes.
- Perform analysis of data to identify and report any trends that will assist in further improving the management of market and valuation risk.

Accountability: Risk Analysis and Reporting
- Identify possible market and valuation risks by staying abreast of economic changes, market movements and position exposures.
- Ensure accurate and complete market and valuation risk measurement.
- Perform risk monitoring against limits, and ensure all controls are effective.
- Analyse the market risks incurred daily to ensure a complete understanding of the risk profile.
- Analyse the market risk exposures in relation to market movements to understand the drivers behind profit and loss data.
- Daily and monthly risk reports to business and management.
- Provide meaningful commentary to support risk analysis.
- Provide relevant input to all governance forums. Daily & monthly risk reports to business and management.
- Develop and provide management information (MI) and reports as required by stakeholders as determined and agreed from time to time.
- Facilitate the compilation of reports by providing data and MI in a format that allows it to be utilised effectively to assist management in understanding the risk profile and assist in the decision-making processes.
- Perform analysis of data to identify and report any trends that will assist in further improving the management of market and valuation risk.

Accountability: Risk Appetite, Limit and Exposure Control
- Review all risks on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.
- Review and challenge the business on market risk exposures and positions.
- Investigate any risk limit excesses and follow up for resolution.
- Ensure all excesses are recorded and advised to relevant forums.

Accountability: Projects and Innovation
- Investigate new and better ways to enhance processes by measuring the effec