Risk Analyst Intern/Co-op – Market Risk – Credit

Risk Analyst Intern/Co-op – Market Risk – Credit

Requirements

• Must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree with the intent of going back to school at the start of your work term.
• In-depth knowledge or risk processes and methodologies.
• Excellent analytical, judgement and decision-making skills in assessing and handling risk.
• A dynamic professional with a positive approach and strong communication skills to liaise with cross functional teams and colleagues to achieve medium to long term goals.
• Robust organizational skill, and the ability to work in a demanding environment while handling multiple deadlines and priorities.
• Knowledge in data processing techniques (VBA and Python) is an asset as to continuously improve the risk management infrastructure.
• Pursuit or completion of CFA/FRM is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with enterprise policies, frameworks, and TD’s risk appetite.
• Develop and operationalize standards, policies, and processes to identify, report and mitigate overall risk exposures within the business.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of existing and emerging risks across the business.
• Conduct reporting and analysis at the functional or enterprise level using results to draw conclusions and make recommendations on programs, policies, and practices.
• Integrate the broader organizational context into advice and solutions.
• Understand the industry, competition and the factors that differentiate the organization.
• Motivate and develop relationships with internal and external business partners.
• Encourage a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, knowledge of the business, quality, innovation, and teamwork.
• Validate daily market risk, VaR, Stressed VaR and Backtesting exposures are captured, aggregated, and reported with completeness and accuracy in accordance with existing market risk policies.
• Continuously reinforce business knowledge such as trading strategies and analytical principles underlying the pricing and risk management of financial derivatives.
• Compare day over day Risk metrics & VaR results against existing risk metrics. Also, perform analysis to provide periodic commentary for various Risk Management audiences.
• Create new tools to enhance existing daily production experiences using Python and/or other programming languages.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge in data processing techniques (VBA and Python) is an asset as to continuously improve the risk management infrastructure.
• Pursuit or completion of CFA/FRM is an asset.