Director of Credit and Market Risk

Atlas Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Search is seeking a Director for their Credit & Risk group in New York. This individual will play a critical role in evaluating and monitoring credit and market risk exposures, managing portfolio margin clients, and ensuring effective liquidity management. The position requires a proactive, organized, and analytical leader capable of thriving in a dynamic financial environment.

Qualifications

• Highly organized and analytical thinker with the ability to adapt to daily challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to function independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Assess margin requirements and stress loss of clients.
• Monitor credit and market risk exposures.
• Contribute to risk framework and guidelines.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Risk management

Communication

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$160,000.00/yr - $185,000.00/yr

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Credit & Risk group is looking for a Director who will play a substantial role in the evaluation and monitoring of the firm’s credit and market risk exposures as well as assisting in the firm’s liquidity management. The individual will also be responsible for monitoring portfolio margin / prime brokerage client portfolios. This position requires a highly organized and analytical thinker who can quickly adapt to daily challenges and take on a variety of responsibilities in this relatively small but important department. Successful candidate will be a mature self-starter who has demonstrated the ability to function independently in a fastpaced, dynamic and demanding environment. Description The Credit & Market Risk function exists to mitigate counterparty / institutional customers risk in the equity, options and fixed income markets. This involves reviewing the firm’s credit & risk exposure (Portfolio Margin / Prime Brokerage, Repo, or Securities Lending) on a daily basis.

Main duties of the role will include but not be limited to:

• Assess margin requirements and stress loss of Prime Brokerage / Portfolio Margin clients.

• Daily monitoring of credit and market risk exposures in various parts of the company’s businesses, including portfolio margin clients, fixed income repo, securities lending, direct prime brokerage customers, and correspondent clearing.

• Provide accurate and timely measurement of all relevant credit and market exposure at counterparty and portfolio level to help facilitate credit decisions.

• Recommend appropriate risk limits and ensure processes are in place to monitor against limits.

• Review the line of business activities fall within pre-established boundaries and expectations or concerns are escalated for management review.

• Monitor global macro market environment and impact of market events on current portfolios.

• Monitor deposits at all central clearing counterparties (DTC, NSCC, OCC and FICC).

• Quantify potential impact to CCP deposits based on potential new transactions or new relationships.

• Investigation and reconciliation of client portfolios aligning mark-to-markets or yield curves and mitigating the firm’s risk.

• Daily engagement with key external counterparties and internal executive management.

• Contribute to the development of risk framework, guidelines, policy and procedures.

• Identify issues and escalate to management. • Perform due diligence on all new portfolio margin / prime brokerage relationships.

• Monitor risk exposures against guidelines and proactively engage with the business to avoid and resolve any possible exceedances.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  Investment Management, Financial Services, and Investment Banking

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