Market Analytics Director recruitment

Position Summary:

Manages and contributes to a team that conducts research on equity and fixed income securities, with an emphasis on relevant securities such as municipal bonds, high-yield corporate bonds, collateralized mortgage obligations, asset-backed securities, governments and agencies.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Develop, communicate and ensure adherence to department risk policies, procedures and best practices;

• Reassess existing processes and create new ones that most effectively anticipate, manage and reduce risk.

• Process (NIC), Management Self Identification of Audit Issues, Management Control and Awareness Rating (MCAR), Operational Risk Control Self Assessments (RCSA), etc;

• Demonstrate and embed the behaviors and competencies that create a risk management mindset in your organization

• Develop and maintain an active research opinion on sectors consistent with research process. Monitor industry trends and contribute to team strategy discussions.

• Manage and participate on client calls discussing credit trends and specific security attributes.

• Produce concise written research and verbally articulate credit strengths and risks to risk analysts and executive management, which will involve writing up commentaries on sectors that incorporate the assessment of market events, credit risk, and stress scenarios.

• Ability to develop financial estimates, analyze earnings reports and market moving events.

• Interact with various groups of the company including Enterprise Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Systemic Risk, Product Management, Compliance, and Legal.

• Plays a leading role in developing and implementing departmental projects. Develop Business Requirements and review Functional Specifications needed to support the implementation of system enhancements and new projects.

• Identifies specific training needs, provides coaching, and ensures unit is adequately staffed.

• Develops and implements departmental policies and procedures.

• Contributes to supporting the department in adherence to AML/BSA policies and procedures as set-forth by various regulatory bodies.

Experience:

8+ years of experience; exposure to various trading products, with strong working knowledge of equity and fixed income markets. Risk Management experience.

Knowledge / Skills:

• Superior analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills

• Superior written and oral communication skills.

• Ability to identify and capitalize upon opportunities to create efficiencies and promote effectiveness.

• Ability to work seamlessly with all levels of management throughout the organization.

• Team player with the ability to take initiative.

• Demonstrate leadership ability in a team-oriented and collaborative environment.

• Ability to work seamlessly with all levels of management throughout the organization.

• Ability to build and develop an analytics team from the ground up.

• Demonstrate integrity within a professional environment.

• Ability to work well under pressure.

• Self-starter

Education, Training or Certification:

Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or Economics. MBA Preferred