Junior Risk Valuation & Modeling Analyst

StoneX; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services provider in Greater London is seeking an experienced Risk Valuation Analyst to enhance firm-wide trading position accuracy and margining methodologies. The successful candidate will have strong analytical skills and relevant degrees in finance or computer science. Join a dynamic team to contribute to risk analytics and model validation, ensuring effective risk management across various instruments. This is a permanent, full-time role that promises growth within a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and Master's degrees in Financial Engineering / Maths / Computer Science / Finance.
• Good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong organisational skills with an interest in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of firm-wide trading positions, systems, models, and data inputs.
• Research instruments and margining methodologies with Market Risk.
• Analyse and improve processes for accurate mark-to-market valuations.
• Test, maintain, and implement new risk models and systems.
• Conduct periodic risk analytics on clients and trading books.
• Participate in risk model validation reviews.
• Contribute to new product/system reviews representing the Risk Valuation group.
• Build relationships with risk strategy, risk compliance, and IT teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Team player

Organisational skills

Education

Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Financial Engineering / Maths / Computer Science / Finance

Job description

Overview

With 4,500+ employees and over 300,000 commercial, institutional, payments, and retail clients, we operate from more than 70 offices spread across six continents. As a Fortune 100, Nasdaq-listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.

Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or ingrain yourself in the world of institutional investing, StoneX Group is made up of four business segments that offer endless potential for progression and growth.

Business Segments Overview

Corporate: Engage in a deep variety of business-critical activities that keep our company running efficiently. From strategic marketing and financial management to human resources and operational oversight, you’ll have the opportunity to optimize processes and implement game-changing policies.

Position purpose

The Risk Valuation Group is responsible for understanding, implementing and ensuring uniform valuation processes, practices and modelling across all StoneX entities. The group also works closely with the Market Risk teams to research appropriate margining methodologies and trading limits. The instruments range from spot transactions to exotic options across almost all asset classes with a heavy emphasis in currencies, energy, metals, and soft commodities.

This role will work in coordination with the London Risk Valuations Team and the broader US-based Risk Valuation group.

Responsibilities

• Develop complete understanding of firm-wide trading positions, systems, models, data inputs and pricing sources to ensure completeness, accuracy and validity of prices and margins.
• With Market Risk, research various instruments and margining methodologies and risk model parameters.
• Analyse and provide recommendations to improve the processes and procedures for ensuring accurate, daily mark-to-market of customer and company positions.
• Contribute to testing, maintenance, and implementation of new risk models and systems.
• Carry out periodic and ad-hoc risk analytics on clients, trading books, and products to inform risk-management decisions.
• Participate in risk model validation reviews with other risk, back-office and front-office personnel or groups.
• Participate in new product / system reviews and represent the Risk Valuation group point of view.
• Build working relationships with risk strategy, risk compliance, front-office IT and back-office IT to accomplish all the tasks of the Risk Valuation group.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and Masters’ degrees in Financial Engineering / Maths / Computer Science / Finance.
• Good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Team player.
• Strong organisational skills with an interest in working in a fast-paced environment, often balancing multiple high priority deliverables.

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