Associate - Global Risk/Financing Risk - CFA - Investment Bank

Roles & Responsibilities :

- Provide risk level haircuts and collateral schedules for proposed transactions for SFT trades

- Provide IA levels for all OTC trades with hedge funds and other clients

- Provide risk terms like leverage, triggers, step-ups etc. for structured credit transactions

- Risk manage the firm's portfolio of collateralized transactions through relevant reporting and other processes

- Developing and testing existing and new margin methodologies as per requirement

- Support Global PS Risk team on various business issues to ensure appropriate margin level for the entire PS business

- Enhance business process within PS Risk, from streamlining report generating process, database management, to developing analytical tools.

- Monitor and analyze client portfolios in terms of exposure, risk profile and margin level.

- Coordinate margin changes with internal parties.

- Support Global PS Risk team for trade margin enquiries and other client related issues.

- Work closely with PS Risk and IT teams to facilitate building, testing and rolling out of various margin methodologies for the PS business.

- Produce various periodic business management and risk reports for Prime Services and F&O businesses and ensure accuracy and integrity of these reports

Key Skills :

Qualification, Experience & Skills :

- The individual requirements for the candidates for the roles would be Strong knowledge of various products in Equities, Convertible Bonds, Repo, Futures and Options, and Fixed Income.

- CFA level 1 or above preferred

- Solid technical knowledge and business understanding about various risk management concepts and measures such as VaR, stress testing, and scenario analysis.

- FRM certification a plus Strong analytical, business, and communication skills.

- Previous work experience in Global Markets (Prime Brokerage, Equity Financing, Treasury or Risk management) preferred

- Excellent PC skills with advanced competency in Microsoft Excel, Macros, VBA, Access database, and SQL essential

- Self-starter and ability to multi-task under pressure and meet various deadlines

- Strong team player and a quick learner