IAG Financial Risk Analyst - Foreign Exchange

British Airways; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the aviation sector is seeking a Financial Risk Analyst to provide analytics support for hedging activities. This role involves developing processes to manage financial risks, ensuring compliance, and optimizing decision-making efficiency. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, a relevant degree, and the ability to work under tight deadlines in a multicultural environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant fields or finance-related experience required.
• Advanced analytical skills and ability to present information accurately.

Responsibilities

• Support financial risk management strategies for foreign exchange and liquidity.
• Prepare internal and external risk management reports accurately.
• Stay updated with market trends to shape company needs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in business management

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Bachelor's degree in mathematics

Bachelor's degree in statistics

Bachelor's degree in economics

Tools

Excel

Python

Excel VBA

Job description

Purpose of the role

Responsible to provide financial and business analytics support to the front and middle office hedging activities to enable the implementation of the risk management strategies within the policy framework, with focus on the foreign exchange trading and liquidity investment activities.

Contribute on the development of the processes, tools and methodologies to better manage the financial risk exposures of all the operating companies of the group.

Accountabilities

• Support the analysis and operations to implement appropriate financial risk management strategies for managing Group's exposure of foreign exchange variations and liquidity investment
• Ensure that all the trading activity is carried out in line with Group and operating company treasury principles, and perform a timely and effective trading execution once training and company standards are successfully acquired
• Fluently control portfolios of products, market data and information derived from the treasury operations
• Develop and implement data analysis and leverage data collection systems to optimize financial decision-making efficiency
• Provide support to financial risk managers in relation to daily financial risk management, consolidate and update exposures and relevant data in treasury system
• Prepare, produce and deliver the company's internal and external risk management reporting requirements in a timely and accurate manner including compliance and consolidation reports
• Support any new project and improvement to enhance treasury performance.
• Exemplary represent the financial risk management team on internal and external departmental meetings or initiatives
• Stay up to date with market trends, methodologies, and peers benchmark to shape company needs

Required skills, qualifications & experience

• Bachelor's degree preferably in business management, computer science, mathematics, statistics or economics, and/or ability to demonstrate knowledge of working in finance related or risk management environment
• Professional qualification relevant to Financial Risk Management desirable but not essential
• Ability to gather, analyse data and present information in a concise and accurate format for decision making, meetings and strategic reporting
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience collecting, organizing and analysing information with accuracy
• Aptitude for mathematics and for grasping details
• Assertive on taking market decisions and fluent on elaborate and present executive financial information
• Ability to operate effectively in an environment with tight deadlines.
• Proactive and open minded to innovate and adapt to new ideas, skills and technologies related with the financial business
• Ability to represent the group with professionalism and integrity when dealing with external counter parties, subsidiaries, financial institutions or service suppliers
• Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills, displaying confidence and professionalism
• Excellent team player who enjoys working in an international and multi-cultural environment
• Basic experience in treasury, risk management, finance areas, analysis and financial market systems, procurement or IT departments
• Experience in treasury or finance systems would be an asset
• Desirable understanding of derivatives instruments and their use to mitigate FX, interest rate, inflation, commodities risks
• Desirable previous experience in statistics and dataset analytics (using Excel, Python, Excel VBA)