Risk Analyst recruitment
Role description
The Risk Analyst will be part of the IMC financial markets risk team and will assist with identifying, measuring and monitoring risks for our trading activities in Europe. The main risk focus is on market, operational, liquidity and credit risk. The Risk Analyst will have frequent contact with the traders and software developers to understand the risk inherent in different trading strategies. He/she develops risk metrics and tools to quantify, monitor and report these risks. The Risk Analyst will be based in our Amsterdam office and report to the Head of Risk Management Europe.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Effective implementation of risk procedures
• Risk reporting and monitoring
• Work together with traders to identify risks in existing and new trading strategies
• Analyse product or market specific risks
• Identify operational risks and contribute to improvements in setup
• Alignment of local risk methodologies to the global framework
• Contribution to global risk projects
Knowledge and skill requirements
• MSc. in an analytical, quantitative, technology related field of study
• 0 - 3 years’ work experience
• Excellent quantitative skills
• Excellent IT skills in Mat lab, VBA and SQL, programming in languages such as Java and C++ preferred
• Highly interested to develop knowledge in market risk management concepts, like VaR and stress testing
• Interest in the financial markets is a must, but no prior knowledge or experience is required
You have
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and persuasion skills
• A proactive attitude and are a creative thinker
• The ability to work independently as well as in a team
• The ability to act and perform successfully in a fast-moving and high-pressured environment