Description
My client, a leading tier 1 bank, is looking for a Front Office Risk Modeller to join their team in London. They are offering up to £660/day on a 6 month rolling contract with a long term view.Role: Front Office Risk Modeller
Rate: Up to £660/day
Duration: 6 month rolling - long term view
Location: London
Role Description
The FO Risk Modeller will be responsible for:
* Working with the IB Technology Risk and Analytics Horizontal to develop a consistent data model for that domain, following banks standards
* Maintain key project documents including data dictionaries, schemas, logical and physical models
* Help establish IB standards and processes around model representations and repositories, schema governance and review with appropriate bodies (design authorities, IB Architecture Board, etc.), data lineage, data masking and security, etc.
* Requirements analysis and solution design
* Communicate with stakeholders on progress and issues, utilising all appropriate methods, including running working groups
* Build relationships with central data functions to ensure consistency of approach, and work with other IB Modellers to ensure the entire IB front-to-back data architecture is consistent and coherent
Required Skills
* Proven and solid Modelling experience, in investment banking or other large financial institution
* Experience of the Investment Banking business would be desirable
* In depth knowledge of the Modelling methodologies and tools
* Full project lifecycle experience (Inception, Definition, Delivery, Completion)
* Track record of successful delivery
* Good understanding of at least two of the following asset classes and their trade lifecycle would be very advantageous:
1. Commodities
2. Credit Derivatives
3. Equity Derivatives
4. Interest Rate Derivatives
5. FX Derivatives
* Strong familiarity with front-office Risk-based processes (e.g., pricing, credit flow, etc.) is essential
* Strong knowledge of XML is essential; knowledge of UML is desirable; experience of tools such as XML Spy and Sparx Enterprise Architect is also desirable
* Able to reach out to several teams across the IB business and across Group
* A flexible and positive attitude is needed
* Demonstrate initiative and be capable of assuming responsibility
* Demonstrate team-working and ability to influence decision making and implementation
* As this role requires strong alignment with business IT projects, it will be essential that the successful candidate is comfortable working in a matrix organisation and has a collaborative approach
If you would like to know more about the position, please with an updated CV and I'll get back to you.
Many thanks,