Head - Stress Testing - BFSI

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

- Experience of planning & stress testing exercises, knowledge of regulatory requirements i.e. BoE Stress Testing, ICAAP requirements at another major firm

- Knowledge of key components of Capital Stress testing i.e. Credit Risk, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Income forecasting, Capital Requirements etc.

- Transformational experience including continuous process improvement programs.

- Extensive experience in executing upon regulatory requirements and establishing positive engagement with regulators.

- Excellent people management skills, with the ability to broker decisions with varied teams across the bank

- Conscientious, disciplined and detailed where necessary

- A proactive, self-starter, who is can be relied upon to act on initiative

- Highly developed problem solving skills. Demonstration of proposing innovative solutions to problem statements or facilitating SME judgements to arrive at appropriate conclusions

- Ability to understand and analyse complex problems and execute a plan to deliver effective tactical and strategic solutions.

- Operating at varying levels of detail (strategic to close attention) and able to prioritise key activities globally.

- Demonstration of delivery of quality outputs to tight timeframes.

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

Technical / Qualifications:

- Broad knowledge of all banking products, business flows and technologies

- Good understanding and experience of regulatory capital and stress testing requirements

- Experience of planning and forecasting disciplines

- Experience of delivering strategic change

Commercial:

- Excellent business judgement and a willingness to exercise it

- Extensive working experience in large scale (cross divisional/multiple geographies) projects/programs