Financial Risk Analyst (Fluent French speaker)

psd group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in financial services is seeking a Financial Risk Analyst fluent in French. This role involves monitoring liquidity, funding, and market risks, producing critical financial risk reports, and supporting various teams in compliance and risk management. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills in both English and French, along with a relevant university degree. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will contribute to enhancing the risk and compliance culture of the organization. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow within a supportive environment while making a significant impact on financial risk management.

Qualifications

• University degree required, preferably in finance or related field.
• Strong communication skills in both English and French are essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor liquidity, funding, and ALM risks for the branch.
• Produce financial risk reports for internal and group reporting.
• Support credit risk monitoring and reporting.

Skills

Fluent in French

Excellent written and verbal communication

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Ability to manage multiple duties

Education

Relevant University Degree

Tools

MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access)

Job description

Financial Risk Analyst (Fluent French speaker)

Reports to: Deputy Head of Risk

Area(s): Financial Risk Management Unit

1. Typical Profile and Skillset

• Relevant University Degree
• Previous experience in a risk and/or control environment
• Knowledge of the French/EEA and UK regulatory framework
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, both in English and French
• Good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to manage a variety of duties simultaneously, to prioritise and work under pressure
• Ability to assess compliance with laws, regulations and internal standards
• Strong attention to detail
• MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Access) advanced or proficient user

2. Overall Job Objective(s)

• Monitor branch’s liquidity, funding and ALM risks
• Monitor branch’s market risks
• Perform financial risk controls and produce financial risk reports for internal or group reporting.
• Provide support to CBG teams and Deputy Head of Risk for Credit Risk reporting and monitoring.
• Provide support to other teams (e.g. policies, procedures, templates, systems and controls, etc.)

3. Main tasks and responsibilities

• Monitor the Branch’s liquidity, funding and ALM KRIs against internal thresholds
• Monitor the Branch’s market risks KRIs
• Provide support to Deputy Head of Risk to monitor branch’s credit risks
• Assist in maintaining Financial Risk Management policies and procedures
• Act as Secretary for local ALCO and Market Risks Committee
• Provide back-up for and support to other Financial Risk Management Unit staff
• Provide SME support to the Internal Control manager in carrying out financial risk management related second level controls
• Liaise with Internal Control Manager to put controls in place and enhance existing controls to ensure accuracy of data, systems and reports.
• Produce all local liquidity, funding and ALM reports including the ALCO pack
• Produce all local market risk reports including the Market Risks Committee pack
• Prepare the Credit risk, Market Risk and Liquidity Risk sections for the RCCD Committee pack
• Assist CBG teams in preparing portfolio review reports
• Review Group ALCO and Group Market Risks related reports and analyse impacts on the Branch
• Contribute to Group ALM’s risk model development and maintenance
• Contribute to key financial risk related business development projects
• Contribute to key Credit, Market and Treasury systems related projects (or co-lead when other systems involved)
• Assist in any other risk, compliance and internal controls projects and remediation process

e. Risk and Compliance Culture

• Adhere to the Group’s compliance related policies and procedures such as anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML-CFT), conduct rules, conflict of interest, data protection, gifts and entertainment, market abuse, personal account dealing, safety and security, tax evasion, whistleblowing, etc.
• Partake in strengthening the branch’s risk and compliance culture (i.e. write and implement policies, design trainings, update Questions & Answers, etc.) in collaboration with the Senior Management and business units

Seniority level: Associate

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Analyst, Other, and General Business

Industries: Financial Services and Investment Banking