Be a part of derivative business, in a role that supports trading desk, manages risk across multiple products, controls and compliance.

As a Trading Services Associate in Credit Portfolio Group team, you will be supporting the trading desk and liaising with business stakeholders. You will be monitoring trading risk controls and managing risk across multiple products and business initiatives.

Your responsibilities will also include facing off to the front office and liaising with many business stakeholders in an environment which is fast paced, dynamic and continuing to evolve. Additionally, you will support multiple initiatives to improve and expand current control architecture and lead business updates and reporting on current controls.

Credit Portfolio Group (CPG) is responsible for the strategic risk management. The Team sits within the Derivatives business and is responsible for managing the counterparty credit risk (CVA - Credit Valuation Adjustment) and funding risks (FVA - Funding Valuation Adjustment) associated from bilateral OTC (Over-the-counter) derivatives trades, by executing hedging transactions to offset movements in XVA (X-Value Adjustment) balance sheets reserves.

Job responsibilities

• Navigates a complex global operations function within a large-scale financial services institution, whilst balancing the needs of key partners in the business, operations, and technology to achieve the right outcomes
• Supports XVA Trading desk in performing key risk management and oversight controls for executed trades
• Builds and supports an effective control environment, set minimum standards, and develop new processes where required
• Engages multiple teams to remediate and close issues and actions
• Prepares weekly collation of key business metrics that feed into multiple business control forums
• Creates traceability of all data and related controls for regulatory reviews

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Ability to investigate data and identify solutions, control focused
• Excellent analytical, strategic, and problem-solving skills
• Confidence in communicating internally at all levels
• Independent, proactive, self-motivated, and flexible with a positive attitude
• Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Strong time management skills, efficient at multi-tasking and able to work under pressure to deliver multiple business demands on-time, to a high standard

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Alteryx / Tableau