Senior Analyst – Credit Policy Reporting

Senior Analyst – Credit Policy Reporting

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of financial products, and counterparty credit risk.
• Experience working with complex systems.
• Experience performing impact assessments, drafting requirements, and performing testing for projects.
• Self-starter with a high degree of initiative and the ability to learn and adapt quickly
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Strong organizational, follow-up and priority-setting skills to handle multiple asks/projects
• Self-motivated, well organized, able to work both independently and in a team environment
• Strong interpersonal skills are required, as the candidate will be called upon to demonstrate leadership in the team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Generate accurate and complete processes to measure and report on exposures ensuring that all reports are submitted as per reporting guidelines.
• Ensure risks within portfolios covered are correctly measured, aggregated, and analyzed in accordance with established and approved risk policies limits.
• Provide analysis, reporting and monitoring of risk exposures and adhere to internal standards with regards to violations and the escalation of production issues.
• Ensure that all late or missing reports and related process metrics are recorded, documented and explained appropriately.
• Propose, schedule, plan and champion projects to improve efficiencies in order to provide more effective business support.
• Execute infrastructure changes with regards to implementation of new or revised policies or processes.
• Ensure internal control processes are adequate and documented appropriately as per the governance standards including establishing appropriate review and assessment of the quality of outputs based on business standards.
• Manage operational risk (e.g., cross-training, documentation, and audit).
• Liaise closely with the Bank’s front office traders, Credit Risk Management (CRM), Global Counterparty Credit (GCC), audit, technology groups, and other stakeholders to assist in meeting the Bank’s objectives.
• Perform ad-hoc analyses of specific metrics/exposures/transactions as required by management and stakeholders.
• Maintain a good understanding of the analytical principles underlying the risk management of financial derivatives, including issues that arise regarding financial modeling of products for risk purposes.
• Investigate and analyze the results across respective business areas of the IHC
• Complete monthly reconciliation to ensure accuracy of risk captured

Preferred Qualifications

• Candidates with experience in Risk Management roles will be favourably positioned
• Candidates with CFA and/or FRM designations will be favourably positioned
• Technical skills (Excel/SQL/VBA/Python etc) will also be viewed favourably.