Senior Risk (VP Level) recruitment
Skills and Qualifications:
• A background within a trading firm, hedge fund or investment bank is preferable;
• Strong market risk experience gained within a trading environment
• Good knowledge of a variety of fixed income, equity listed derivatives and commodities
• High level of technical proficiency (Excel VBA/SQL/JAVA)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Knowledge of risk concepts like Value at Risk, Monte Carlo simulation, Stress testing, Sensitivity analysis, etc.
Key Responsibilities
• Risk reporting, monitoring and follow up;
• Identify risks in existing and new trading strategies and activities;
• Identify and analyze trends within markets and develop processes and methodologies to assess, simulate, and model their impact on current strategies;
• Monitoring risks across various trading books and liaising with traders and trading management to resolve issues
• Interaction with Global senior management on exposures and limits
• Presentation of risk and research results to traders and trading management
• Drive integration of new products into the existing risk management system
(Based in Sydney)