Vice President / Assistant Vice President, Group Risk (Risk Analytics)

Description

The incumbent, working within the Group Risk team, will have broad responsibilities in managing the portfolio risks arising from our financing and distribution activities. He / She should have a strong risk mindset to ensure adherence to the risk culture of “no surprises” within the Company.

• Perform valuations of individual credits by applying appropriate and intuitive methodologies. This includes review of model parameters and assumptions to ensure the continuing relevance of valuations;
• Engage with auditors as and when required.
• Assist in the continuous improvement of the firm’s technology architecture through the Technology Transformation process;
• Monitor financial markets and world events to assess the potential impact on the portfolio and to take necessary remedial actions, when required;
• Participate in the new product approval process to ensure that risks arising from new business developments are adequately managed;
• Measure and analyse the risks (including concentration risk) of the portfolio through the computation of relevant risk measures (e.g. expected credit losses). This includes having oversight of existing risk models to ensure that are performing up to expectations through active monitoring of risk models and review of assumptions;
• Analysis of the portfolio to provide the Board / senior management with necessary insights on potential vulnerabilities and risks. This includes performing stress testing and reverse stress testing and the interpretation of the results;
• Analyse market risk elements such as interest rate risk and FX risk, in particular relating to the fair value portfolio;
• Ownership and continuous review of risk policies to ensure they remain relevant and align with risk principles within the firm;
• Development of new risk models / redevelopment of existing models (e.g. IFRS 9 PD models, LGD models, etc) to cater to the evolving portfolio composition (new products, geographies, industries, business growth areas, etc);

Requirements

• A strong team player with the ability to demonstrate initiative and work well with minimal supervision and within tight timeframes.
• Strong analytical skills with an aptitude towards numerical analysis;
• Some knowledge in programming e.g. R-script;
• Good communication skills (both written and verbal);
• Degree in Computational Finance, Business Statistics, Actuarial Science, Finance / Economics or a related subject;
• Comfortable with the handling and analysis of large databases;
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in risk management and / or in a quantitative role;

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance