Risk Analyst

Overview

In this role you will support the Clearing Risk Department in shaping the risk management practice at a leading futures and options clearinghouse. You will work with a dynamic team across asset classes, tackling complex risk challenges and helping to enhance risk tools, models and processes. You will contribute to risk initiatives and communicate with members, risk committees and regulators, delivering insightful risk reporting and analysis. This is an opportunity to impact risk governance at scale within a premier market infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Calibrate and enhance risk models through mathematical/statistical analysis
• Ensure alignment with risk policies and regulatory standards
• Identify improvement opportunities for models, processes, or infrastructure
• Improve documentation of risk processes, procedures and models
• Communicate with clearing members, risk committees and senior management
• Build and maintain risk management reports for boards, committees and regulators
• Monitor model performance and assess model adequacy for policy adherence
• Collaborate on policy and methodology development
• Perform project work and market research on risk topics

Key requirements

• Degree in Mathematics, Engineering, Finance or equivalent
• Attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills
• Prior risk management experience (internship or professional)
• Strong knowledge of financial derivatives across asset classes
• Experience with risk models: VaR, Liquidity Risk, backtesting, stress testing
• Team player and cross-team collaboration
• Research, problem-solving and independent solution delivery
• Experience with SQL and Python
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Attention to detail
• Team player
• Strong communication
• Value at Risk (VaR)
• Liquidity Risk models
• Backtesting

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