Market Risk Tech Sr Lead Analyst - SVP

Citi; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Market Risk Tech Sr Lead Analyst to bridge the gap between business users and technology teams. In this senior role, you will collaborate with various stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives while ensuring the effective implementation of Market Risk solutions. Your expertise in Market Risk concepts, data analysis, and strong communication skills will be vital in influencing decisions and fostering collaboration across teams. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact the financial services sector significantly while working in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years as a lead business analyst in financial services.
• In-depth knowledge of Market Risk concepts like VaR and Stress Testing.
• Excellent analytical skills to translate large data volumes.

Responsibilities

• Support development of strategic initiatives with stakeholders.
• Identify business requirements for Market Risk Technology.
• Create management presentations on strategic initiatives.

Skills

Business Analysis

Market Risk Concepts

Stress Testing

Value at Risk (VaR)

Statistical Analysis

Excel

SQL

Data Management

Communication Skills

Relationship Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

CFA

FRM

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

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The Business Senior Technology Lead Analyst is a senior-level position responsible for liaising between business users and technologists to exchange information in a concise, logical, and understandable way in coordination with the Market Risk Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to support development and execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and contribute to continuous iterative exploration and investigation of business measures to gain insight and drive business planning.

Market Risk Technology team is responsible for delivering solutions for Citi’s First and Second Line of defense. Solutions from this group include high-throughput feed processing engines to process factor sensitivities and market data, pricing calculation engines to calculate Value at Risk (VaR), Stress Testing and limit utilization calculations, and big data lakes for sharing risk metrics and stress results with Front Office, Risk, and Finance organizations.

Responsibilities:

• Supports development and execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders including product enhancements; Initiative areas can include intake, requirements, design, development, testing, simulation, signoffs, production, and post-implementation activities.
• Identify business requirements arising from Risk Managers or related teams and for correct implementation in the Market Risk Technology infrastructure.
• Elicit, validate, and document systems requirements in either business requirement documents or user and feature stories depending on the systems development life cycle in use by the development teams.
• Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
• Provide business analysis documents describing functionalities, risk methodologies, infrastructure aspects, business workflows, and operating models.
• Provides input into the planning and implementation of ongoing operational programs in support of the risk systems management.
• Leads/participates in the design, implementation, and management of core business/group processes.
• Cover current and target state analysis, define testcases and success criteria.
• Support the Testing Strategy and input into the coverage of Test scenarios and conditions ensuring all requirements in scope are tested.
• Builds change management plans of varying scope and type; leads or participates in a variety of change management activities including readiness assessments, planning, stakeholder management, execution, evaluation, and sustainment of initiatives.
• Create key management presentations for various audiences that articulates the strategic initiatives and accomplishments.
• Build strong relations with various partner groups and stakeholders, including Market Risk Managers, Risk Control, Risk Reporting, Technology, etc.
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders (across functions) to achieve outcome.
  
  

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience as a lead business analyst in the financial services industry.
• In-depth knowledge of Market Risk concepts such as Stress Testing, Value at Risk (VaR), capital calculation.
• Ability to understand risk models and statistical concepts and interact with developers as partners to drive improvements in Stress Testing, Value at Risk (VaR), and capital calculations.
• Excellent analytical, technical, and/or statistical skills with proven ability to translate large volumes of data.
• Advanced skills in Excel, SQL, and data management. Knowledge of additional programming languages a plus.
• Experience in managing risks holistically, covering areas such as systems, data, models, controls, governance, and analytics.
• Self-motivated, results-oriented, with the ability to function effectively with multiple deadlines and work within a team environment.
• Excellent people and relationship management skills with the ability to influence others and foster a sense of collaboration.
• Ability in strategic thinking and the ability to frame business problems
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  
  

Education:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master's degree preferred
• Industry qualifications such as CFA, FRM will be a plus
  
  

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Business Analysis / Client Services

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Time Type:

Full time

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Banking, Financial Services, and Investment Banking

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