Market Risk Consultant

Informatic Technologies, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Informatic Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced risk analyst to conduct in-depth research and analysis of market, credit, and trading data to identify risks and develop mitigation strategies. The role includes daily assessments of market conditions and acting as the first line of defense against various risks.

You will create reports for governance committees, measure key risks, and escalate issues as appropriate while collaborating with market risk, surveillance, and other departments.

Qualifications

• Experience with Fixed Income, Cash Treasuries and Repo Markets.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Experience using Bloomberg and relational databases with SQL.
• Ability to manipulate large data sets.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of financial analysis at an intermediate level.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with market risk, financial surveillance, and other departments to familiarize others with counterparty credit, liquidity, and collateral risk profiles
• Perform daily procedures to monitor risk to the clearinghouse, including credit and liquidity stress testing, and elevate findings as necessary
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of applicable regulations at both domestic and international level as well as have a firm grasp of applicable rules in the clearinghouse's rule book
• Use technical skills, including knowledge of programming and financial mathematics, to maintain models
• Assist in preparing responses to ad hoc regulatory requests

Skills

Fixed Income

Cash Treasuries

Repo Markets

Data manipulation

Analytical skills

Quantitative skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Tools

Bloomberg

MS SQL

Oracle

SQL

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

The candidate performs in-depth research and analysis of market, credit, and trading data to identify risks, develop mitigation processes, and present findings to senior management. The candidate performs daily assessments of market conditions and acts as the first line of defense against systemic, idiosyncratic and counterparty-specific risks.

The role is also responsible for creating reports for internal governance committees, measuring key risks, and escalating issues as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Liaise with market risk, financial surveillance, and other departments to familiarize others with counterparty credit, liquidity, and collateral risk profiles
• Perform daily procedures to monitor risk to the clearinghouse, including credit and liquidity stress testing, and elevate findings as necessary
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of applicable regulations at both domestic and international level as well as have a firm grasp of applicable rules in the clearinghouse's rule book
• Use technical skills, including knowledge of programming and financial mathematics, to maintain models
• Assist in preparing responses to ad hoc regulatory requests

Skills and Software Requirements:

• Knowledge of Fixed Income, Cash Treasuries, and Repo Markets
• Experienced in Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Bloomberg
• Familiarity with relational databases (MS SQL, Oracle) and SQL
• Ability to manipulate large data sets
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and organizational skills
• Knowledge of financial analysis at an intermediate level
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Capability to work independently as well as in a team setting