Job Vacancy Details
Financial Services
Canary Wharf, London
Permanent
Updated November 14, 2008
As a treasury and ALM risk analyst you will assist a dedicated team of around ten people but networking across seven other similar teams within the division. You will build strong relationships with supervisors of firms across thebusiness and assist them by using your knowledge and experience to challenge firms to manage risks effectively within their own organisations and bring about change.
You will therefore assist in the conduct reviews of firms' liquidity and asset liability management risk with a combination of desk-based and on-site review work. You will also undertake analysis of our client's market intelligence and data on firms' liquidity positions and deliver training to other departments in the business on liquidity risk.
The core review work will cover assessments of firms' strategy and policies concerning liquidity, treasury, ALM and balance sheet management, firms' business models and sources of risk, stress testing and scenario analysis, interest rate risk and foreign exchange risk outside of the trading book, treasury operations, and the competencies and effectiveness of staff and processes in the firms. You will gathering information from a variety of sources including conducting interviews with firms' management, examine a variety of internal documentation and management information available to firms and also sources available to the business, including your own contacts in the market.
Where you identify areas of concern, you will make recommendations and constructively present your thoughts both orally and in formal written reports to influence outcomes and illuminate understanding.
In addition to assisting with the conduct of reviews of firms' liquidity and Asset Liability Management risk, you will:
• undertake analyses ofour client'smarket intelligence and data on firms' liquidity positions
• provide regular management information to the senior management team and alerts on higher risk firms or conditions;
• assist with the production on project management information internally within the division.
Who we're looking for
A good understanding of the financial sector and experience in one or more of the following backgrounds is required:
• Banking
• Investment Banking
• Risk management
More precisely, but not by way of limitation, you would typically be able to demonstrate knowledge of data sources and systems (Bloomberg etc).
You are likely to have a good degree in a quantitative subject or equivalent experience and may well have a further professional qualification.
Soft skills required are:
Team working
Confidence and credibility
Influencing skills
Analysis and judgement
Report writing skills
About our client
Large International Financial Services Organisation
What's on offer
Excellent Basic + Bonus
Michael Page Contact
For further info, apply or phone on 0207 776 5960.
Job Ref: 12995391
Your application will be sent to Tom Smith.
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