Credit Risk Officer Support Analyst recruitment
The Risk Control function safeguards the global reputation and preserves the long-term interests of UBS by controlling the risk exposure of the Investment Bank. As part of the Risk Control Operations team, you will ensure that new and existing business is accurately captured and risk is managed so that the firm is adequately protected from unacceptable exposures.
Risk Control Operations has the following key responsibilities:
- Performing regular controls thus ensuring data quality across the Credit and Market Risk infrastructure.
- Analysing material movements in risk exposure to determine reasonableness and drivers.
- Input and maintenance of Risk owned data, including internal ratings and limit points.
- Providing support to the Risk community for exposure, data, and system queries.
- Managing exposures, especially those in excess of Risk appetite.
Job Description
- Support day to day Risk Officer queries and requests surrounding exposure, data and system queries
- Co-ordination of production incidents and communication of associated risk impacts and remediation plans to the Risk community
- The role will require close interaction with the operational teams in Singapore and Poland and will have responsibility for providing premium Risk Support to Risk Officers across APAC, EMEA and US regions
- Working closely with Derivatives Middle Office (DMO) responsibilities also include the oversight of the quality and integrity of data being fed into the Credit Counterparty Risk and Market Risk systems and ensuring compliance with our control frameworks
Although predominantly a Run the Bank support role, the Risk Control environments are currently under going significant strategic and transformational change programmes of work, incorporating complete re-platforming and re-definition of associated business processes and the successful candidate will be required to provide input into the future state operating models.
Your job will include:
- Management of the data quality processes; and provision of premium support to the Risk Officers and Risk Reporting teams globally.
- Provision of Risk application training to end users and associated maintenance of training documentation.
- Responsibility for defining new business processes and improving the existing operating procedures.
- Change project related activities such as involvement in defining business requirements and support of User Acceptance Testing.
- Building solid working relationships with Risk Officers and Operational teams in London, Singapore and Poland.
- Close liaison with other functions across UBS, including IB Ops, Middle Office and Front Office support teams, IT and change project teams, and Risk Reporting
Requirements
- Experienced in Investment Banking, preferably within a Credit Risk Control function
- An effective verbal and written communicator
- Reasonably skilled in the use of Microsoft Office applications, with advanced skills in Excel and MS Access being advantageous
- A fast learner with the ability to get up to speed quickly with new processes and IT applications/ infrastructure
- Outgoing and personable, with the confidence to deal with varied groups of stakeholders and levels of seniority
- Able to work to tight deadlines and handle business pressures
- Highly organised, with the ability to balance numerous tasks and responsibilities
- A University graduate, preferably with Business/ Maths/ Economics/ Finance background