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Job Description

We are looking for an individual with solid analysis and functional design skills to join the Fixed Income, FID, Strategist group to work on Front to Back Risk programs.  The candidate is expected to work across all FID asset classes and contribute to the analysis, stakeholder management, design, implementation and data analytics associated with the Market and Credit Risk Capital calculation process. A solid understanding of the Fixed Income businesses is required, and a wider understanding of front-to-back risk and valuation flow is an advantage.

Beyond technical and business skills, the candidate is expected to be able to communicate well, adapt rapidly and learn fast. Sound judgment will be required to understand and reformulate requirements, evaluate risks, develop adapted solutions find the right balance between tactical and strategic solutions and offer the best value to our clients, with respect to regulations, compliance and firm procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead F2b workstreams, ‘squads’ working with downstream partners
• Help to manage an FID wide Risk and Valuation governance forum
• Help form a clearinghouse for emerging issues and requirements and drive them to resolution.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with partners in Technology, Market Risk and Credit Risk
• Help with strategic design and architecture conversations
• Data and Risk analysis  

Requirements

• Strong understanding of the Fixed Income business
• Business analysis discipline; Digging deep beneath the surface to develop the fundamental business requirement.
• Strong communication & networking skills.
• Project leadership; bringing different teams together to execute on a plan towards a common goal.
• Intermediate/advanced Python skills required
• Intermediate/advanced statistics/ML skills required
• KDB+/Q experience suggested
• Java/javascript/angular/ experience nice to have