Market RISK Business Analyst, IT Architecture

KEYWORDS: Market Risk, Business Analyst, Credit Risk, Excel, Visio, Access, SQL, CVA, IRC, "Fixed Income", "Credit", "Equities", "FX Products", VaR, Stress Testing, FX, VECTORS, Greeks, IR, QUANT, Architecht, IT, London, Banking, Corporate

A high calibre Market Risk IT / Architecture BA is required to join a leading UK banking group in London on an initial 6 month contract. CVs are required ASAP, and candidates with a strong IT Systems, Market Risk and Quantitative Risk background are highly preferred. Daily rate: £550 - £600 per day.

Background

The Market Risk Architecture Programme will deliver a comprehensive Market Risk Function with a new target operating model and Market Risk Technology solution. The operating model will provide an optimal alignment of responsibilities to the expertise of each of the core Market Risk function. The IT architecture will provide a scalable and flexible market risk aggregation and reporting technology solution.

The first phase of the programme is expected to be completed by Q4 2012, with subsequent phases planned. Currently, the programme is in the testing phase.

Key requirements

The candidate will have:
* A degree in a quantitative discipline or equivalent.
* At least 5 year experience Risk Business Analyst in Investment Banking
* A sound understanding of Market Risk concepts (VaR, Stress testing, P/L Vectors, Risk Measures/Greeks)
* A good knowledge of Fixed income/Credit/Equities/FX Products
* Very strong client facing skills and communication skills
* Good expertise around testing risk processes and project life cycle within Market Risk initiatives
* Very good skill set with analysing results in a consolidated manner as well as drill down into details.
* Business Objects exposure and Market Risk reporting techniques would be beneficial
* Exposure to IRC, CVA, back testing methodologies would be beneficial

The candidate will be:
* Comfortable in working with large data flows from many interacting systems/processes
* IT literate - Especially in Excel , Visio and Access , SQL, data manipulation and analysis,
* Comfortable in using Test tools application such as Quality Centre (bugs tracking and fix resolution)
* Accurate, thorough and highly responsible with a good attention to detail
* To articulate effectively across the program
* Excellent team player

CVs are required as soon as possible. Please call 0207 469 5100 for more information.

KEYWORDS: Market Risk, Business Analyst, Credit Risk, Excel, Visio, Access, SQL, CVA, IRC, "Fixed Income", "Credit", "Equities", "FX Products", VaR, Stress Testing, FX, VECTORS, Greeks, IR, QUANT, Architecht, IT, London, Banking, Corporate

To find out more about Huxley Associates please visit www.huxley.com