Senior Market Risk Technical Change Project Manager recruitment

As the Senior Market Risk Technical Change Project Manager you will be required to partner with the various Risk and IT functions to drive change.  You will have full delegated responsibility for the delivery of strategic change initiatives and business development programmes under the sponsorship and directly of Group Risk.

The candidate will be ideally educated to degree level in a numerate subject.

It is important that applicants have at least Good knowledge of VaR with at least 3 – 5 years exposure to VaR calculations and processes at a Tier 1 investment bank.
 

- Will have considerable experience of market risk management project implementations.

- Have an in depth understanding of market risk management systems, processes and functions.

-Knowledge of risk management techniques including VAR/Stress Testing and the Greeks.
 

-Hands on experience of vendor risk software

- Experience of pricing including yield curves and vanilla options.

- Hands on experience of software and systems testing.

- Ability to develop simple Excel macros.

- Team player with strong inter personal skills, good communication skills (we work on a global project and the ability to communicate efficiently is paramount.)

- Pragmatic decision making capability.

- Hands on approach required with ability to multi-task.

- Focused and delivery-driven with ability to prioritise appropriately in a fast moving and often evolving environment.

Applicants will require a proven project management and delivery record in Market Risk, experience of managing teams across a variety of regions and the ability to chair meetings and prepare documentation. 

The Senior Market Risk Technical Change Project Manager will require strong stakeholder management focus and the ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation.

This will be a 6-month contract, paying a very competitive rate.