Project Manager / Business Manager – Market Risk Analytics recruitment

Your role will be a multi-faceted position which needs someone with a wide range of skills including experience of business analysis, project management or business management.

One of your most important roles will be to manage delivery of the market risk methodology programme of work. You will work to co-ordinate testing: create test plans, define and manage UAT and manage defect tracking and resolution.
This is a great opportunity to work in a team which is a very high profile team consisting of subject-matter experts within market risk. They need someone who is going to bring technical knowledge to the role but also someone who has strong enough communication skills to manage stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities include:
* Manage delivery of defined projects within time, cost and quality
* Managing project phases independently - e.g. requirements analysis, user testing, managing of process change
* Record and track risks and issues and manage them through to completion
* Monitor project progress and communicate to programme and senior management
* Participate in all aspects of the project lifecycle
* Gathering and documenting data, related business requirements and functional specifications, including devising solutions to enhance controls and improve efficiencies e.g. metrics/data quality standards
* Facilitating prioritisation of work items
* Liaising with IT to define and monitor IT system solutions to support business change
* Co-ordinate testing: create test plans, define and manage UAT and manage defect tracking and resolution
* Managing user testing and acceptance of process and system change
* Defining and documenting procedures training, in conjunction with the line managers to support and control the new business processes and application

Skills required:
* Major in Finance, Accounting or technical discipline
* Strong financial markets and deep market risk knowledge e.g. risk methodologies (e.g. VaR, IRC, ERC), risk practices, products, markets, risk concepts
* Proven Market Risk Management line experience within the Financial Services sector
* Proven experience in the Financial Services sector in a Market Risk change management / consulting role
* Experienced project manager with proven project management and delivery ability
* Proven change experience in an investment or large commercial bank, accountancy or consultancy firm
* Strong analytical and communication skills
* Good IT knowledge

Tier One Investment Bank

If you would like to apply for the role of Project Manager / Business Manager - Market Risk Analytics or find out more, please apply online or contact Anna Purves at Robert Walters on anna.purves@robertwalters.com or call +44(0) 207509 8745 quoting the reference 1694500.