Senior Market Risk Associate

Senior Market Risk Associate

Apply locations London, United Kingdom time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R0096588

This role is an excellent opportunity to learn and gain exposure to global financial markets and risk management with key responsibilities including assessment of financial resources, key reporting and change management of IT systems. The role involves significant liaison with key internal/external stakeholder groups on a regular basis such as LCH CROs, Heads of Business, IT, Audit, Compliance and Regulators. The ability to work independently and within a team to help build products is necessary.

The CRMD team sits within the Second Line Risk function and reports to the LCH Ltd Deputy Chief Risk Officer.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Risk Monitoring

• Daily, Weekly, Monthly running of Reports for monitoring for policy exceptions across all financial Risks (e.g. Market, Liquidity, Collateral and Investment Risk);
• Ensure policies, procedures are compliant with regulatory environment;
• Ensure LCH has sufficient financial resources on an ongoing basis including stressed periods;
• Regular reporting and information sharing with the LCH board(s);
• Support regulatory requirements;
• Support and/or facilitate senior management requests.

Risk Change

• Improvement of existing processes by migrating current monitoring tools to a more robust automated manner using Tableau, Python and Oracle SQL database;
• Ensure objectives are clear, agreed and sufficiently documented;
• Ensure Risk Governance is appropriately maintained;
• Ensure adequate project management processes are in place to avoid delays and unforeseen costs;
• Assist in the origination and completion of business requirements; and
• Conduct functional and end user testing where appropriate.

Exposure Management Default Management

• Ensure market risk exposures are measured and managed within a coherent limit framework in compliance with LCH policies and procedures;
• Assess member risk across different markets in a comprehensive manner rather than silo approach;
• Assess the aggregation of risks by risk type and product; and
• Assess other risks (such as liquidity risk) that may not be captured in the margin models.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Degree in quantitative finance, mathematics, economics or science-related disciplines or equivalent.
• Advanced Excel and programming competency, in particular Tableau, Oracle SQL, Python and VBA.
• Experience of process automation and enhancement.
• Extensive exposure to financial securities and markets.
• Experience of risk exposure measurement, evaluation and management.
• Strong conceptual / technical knowledge of financial risk management across all asset classes.
• Highly motivated and able to work independently.
• Is well organised, identifies priorities well and understands any goals that need to be met.
• Shows a positive attitude about own work and work of the wider team.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership , Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

HOW TO APPLY?

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.

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