Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Develop and implement market risk management strategies in line with the firm’s risk appetite and regulatory guidelines;

• Monitor and assess market risk exposures across various asset classes;

• Conduct stress testing, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis to identify potential risks and their impact on the firm’s portfolio;

• Provide risk-related advice and recommendations to senior management, including risk limits, risk mitigation strategies, and hedging strategies;

• Collaborate with traders, quantitative analysts, and other stakeholders to analyze and understand market trends, pricing models, and risk factors;

• Develop and maintain market risk policies, procedures, and controls, and ensure their effective implementation;

• Stay updated on industry best practices, market developments, and regulatory changes related to market risk management;

• Prepare and present risk reports and presentations to senior management, risk committees, and regulatory bodies;

• Providing leadership, guidance and trainings to the Market Risk coverage members;

• Enhance market/counterparty credit risk models, OTC derivatives pricing and margin models in developed vendor risk system;

• Conduct rigorous analysis and testing as part of risk model development and enhancement;

• Provide comprehensive analytical support to all model stakeholders including risk management and model validation team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics, or a related field. Advanced degree (MSc. or PhD.) preferred;

• 5-15 years of relevant market risk management experience within an investment bank or financial institution;

• In-depth understanding of financial markets, products, and risk management techniques and pricing models;

• Sound knowledge of regulatory frameworks and requirements related to market risk management;

• Proficiency in quantitative analysis, risk modeling, and statistical tools;

• Sound and solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and assess complex market risks;

• Proven leadership and team management skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels;

• Capable to convey complex concepts in a clear and concise manner with solid communication and presentation skills;

• Good verbal and written communication skills in both Chinese and English;

• Professional certifications such as FRM or CFA or CQF are desirable.

Fitch Learning is a leader in financial services training. With unrivaled breadth and depth, the company delivers learning solutions for apprentices, graduates, and those with 10+ years’ experience in Financial Services. Our offerings include expert faculty, e-learning, coaching, and blended assessments, improving individual and collective business performance.

Working at Fitch Learning provides the opportunity to be part of a global leader in financial education, committed to delivering cutting-edge training solutions. You’ll collaborate with a team of experts dedicated to empowering professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the finance industry. By joining us, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation in professional education, contributing to impactful learning experiences that drive career advancement and industry success.

Fitch Learning is currently seeking a Senior Inside Sales Executive, Senior Associate based out of our Manchester, UK office.

About the Team:

The CQF (Certificate in Quantitative Finance) is the world’s largest quant finance qualification. As a CQF Senior Inside Sales Executive —referred to as a “CQF Learning Manager” by our clients—you will sell the program to warm leads generated by the marketing team while also independently developing new business opportunities. In this role, you will be a vital contributor to a thriving global sales team, take full ownership of sales in your assigned region, and benefit from a competitive base salary and comprehensive benefits package.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

• Manage and grow your sales pipeline, primarily through phone sales, email and LinkedIn messaging to your marketing-generated leads

• Drive attendance in CQF online information sessions and leverage those sessions to generate sales

• Build strong, value-added relationships with CQF Alumni to generate referrals

• Attend industry events and conferences as required

• Track sales activity on relevant IT and CRM systems

You May be a Good Fit if You Have:

• 3+ years proven experience in training or delegate sales

• Ability to sell in a high volume, metrics driven environment

• Excellent lead management skills

• Ability to sell complex solutions to a range of financial services professionals and aspiring professionals

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Proven experience in sales of technical “off the shelf” qualifications to individuals or corporate clients in the financial services industry

• Proficiency in using videoconferencing (Zoom, or similar) for sales

• Excellent presentation, conversational and writing skills

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyse and document existing non-linear trading functionality and its business usage
• Analyse the financial costs of risk and uncertainty
• Lead future trading integration solution design through existing APIs and backend integrations
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure smooth project execution
• Support inflight trading and quantitative analytics initiatives
• Provide expert support and training to internal teams and platform users
• Conduct product reviews and recommend improvements aligned to market trends and business needs

Qualifications One or more of the following:

• BSc Mathematical Sciences (Computational Science)
• BSc Financial Engineering
• BSc Actuarial Science & Financial Mathematics
• BEng Engineering
• CQF – Certificate in Quantitative Finance
• CFA – Chartered Financial Analyst
• FRM – Financial Risk Manager

Join us as a Risk Stress Testing Senior Analyst

• In this critical role, you’ll be leading the execution of stress tests across Market Risk
• We’ll look to you to act as the interface of market risk stress testing to stakeholders within Market Risk, the business, enterprise wide risk management (EWRM) and European regulators
• This is a fantastic opportunity to hone your skills as you’ll work on designing the architecture of new stress testing tools, including their methodology and infrastructure
• We’re offering this role at senior analyst level

What you’ll do

As a Risk Stress Testing Senior Analyst for the bank, you’ll be implementing regulatory stress testing projects for Market Risk, including facing off to stakeholders in the business, EWRM and the regulator. You’ll support the production of regulatory Market Risk & Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) stress test results and build an in-depth understanding of stress testing methodology.

Day-to-day You’ll Be

• Creating insightful analytics to explain the drivers of Market Risk & CCR under base and stressed conditions
• Liaising with local technology teams on system developments and ensuring the systems are maintained up to date for the execution of on-demand stress testing
• Providing relevant management information, reports and analysis on the back of the stress test results
• Contributing to the development of new stress testing tools and methodologies
• Documenting our stress testing programmes and procedures and making sure they meet our regulatory requirements

The skills you’ll need

To succeed in this role, we’ll prefer you to have a degree in Economics, Business, Finance or a numerate discipline. You’ll have experience in a stress testing and counterparty credit risk or market risk role with advanced knowledge of counterparty credit risk-weighted assets, market risk of derivatives and exposure calculations such as EAD, EPE, PFE, PD and LGD.

Ideally you’ll have experience in Python and VBA, but this isn’t essential.

Additionally, You’ll Demonstrate

• At least three years of relevant expereince
• Proficiency in Excel and the ability to work with large quantities of data.
• Essential prior experience in risk management and stress testing
• Professional certifications such as FRM, CFA, or CQF are preferred.Strong Python coding experience is essential
• Extensive experience in analysing issues, processes and systems
• The ability to work collaboratively, involving team members and other stakeholders
• The ability to communicate clearly and concisely

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