Market Risk Manager Required ForTrading Desk Role in Major Global Investment Bank
• Market Risk Manager | AVP - VP |
• London
• Exceptional Base + Bonus additional benefits [dependant on experience]
Tier 1 investment bank is looking to hire a trading floor based Market Risk Manager in London
The market risk team is looking to hire a Market Risk Specialist to be based on the trading floor, looking at cross asset products - both vanilla and exotic. This role is a technical / quantitative market risk management opportunity. The risk manager with be the first point of contact for all risk issues for the in the front office.
The group need the risk manager to analyse and give risk approval for large transactions, to drive risk management projects and to look strategically at developing the risk management function.
Candidate Requirements
• University degree with a quantitative subject.
• Knowledge of the equity or fixed income markets
• Understand in detail the products and risks arising from the businesses under their control, how and where P/L is generated, and the details/implications of how their markets are evolving.
• Worked previously in either market risk, trading or research role.
• Knowledge of risk management methodologies (eg Stress Tests,
VaR) and their strengths/weaknesses is beneficial.
• Strong systems skills, particularly Excel/VB
• Team player, enthusiastic, with strong communication and influencing skills
This opportunity will offer the successful candidate an exceptionally diverse equity product exposure - in terms of region, products and type of risks encountered. On top of this candidates will have excellent exposure internally, which combined with the technical slant of this role, makes for an exceptional market risk management opportunity.
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