Market Risk Analyst

Insight Global; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is looking for a Senior Analyst to support the Market Risk Solutions team for a large banking client. This role emphasizes delivering market risk initiatives and supporting operations across risk measurement, reporting, capital calculations, and risk systems.

The ideal candidate has strong Market Risk domain expertise, solid business analysis skills, and proven project delivery capability, capable of handling multiple initiatives with limited supervision.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Market Risk Management concepts.
• Experience in Market Risk environments at a bank or financial institution.
• Business Analyst experience within banking, capital markets, or insurance.
• Experience with project delivery and managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Technical skills with Python, SQL and advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead market risk initiatives and deliverables for a banking client.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Support production investigations, operational issues, and BAU activities.

Skills

Market risk concepts

Banking environments

Business analyst

Project delivery

Python

SQL

Advanced Excel

Tools

Python

SQL

Excel

Job description

Insight Global is looking for a Senior Analyst to support the Market Risk Solutions team for a large banking client. This individual will play a key role in delivering market risk initiatives while supporting ongoing business operations. The team is responsible for developing and enhancing market risk measurement, reporting, regulatory capital calculations, and risk systems that support enterprise-wide market risk management.

This is a highly business-facing role requiring strong Market Risk domain expertise, business analysis capabilities, and project delivery experience. The ideal candidate will be a self-sufficient professional who can manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, work across diverse stakeholder groups, and apply critical thinking to solve complex risk-related challenges. Approximately 85% of the role focuses on project delivery and change initiatives, while 15% involves supporting production investigations, operational issues, and BAU activities.

This is a 6 month contract with possibilities of extensions.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong understanding of Market Risk Management concepts
• Extensive experience working within Market Risk environments at a bank or financial institution
• Proven Business Analyst experience within banking, capital markets, or insurance organizations
• Experience with project delivery and managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
• Technical skills with Python, SQL and advanced Excel

Nice to have:

• FRM Designation
• Experience within Capital Markets and Market Risk teams
• Experience at a Top 5 Canadian Bank

Compensation:

$65-$70/h

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

We may use artificial intelligence tools to assist with the screening, assessment, or selection of potential applicants for this position.

This posting is for a currently vacant role, and the successful candidate will be hired into an existing open position.