Risk Consultant: Financial Services (757474/8585)

Overview

Reference
757474/8585

Job location
- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- Greater London -- London

Salary information
£85,000 - 85,000/Annum + Bonus plus PHI

Job Type
Permanent

Posted
17 November 2010


Risk Consultant: Financial Services

London

Senior: £55,000 - £70,000

Lead: £65,000 - £85,000

Plus Bonus, Health, Pension

Alexander Black Recruitment is urgently looking for an Risk Consultant to join our high profile client.

Our client is the world's leading provider of risk solutions. Most investment banks and hedge funds will use their unique software. The client is a multi award winning group in both credit and operational risk as well as capital management. They are presently rapidly expanding as well as having a global presence with offices in every continent.

The key responsibility of Risk Consultants is to provide functional and financial modelling expertise to clients implementing my company's software, and the work has a strong focus on financial, data and modelling aspects. This involves working with clients to define appropriate financial models and agreed approaches to instrument pricing. Work can also involve validation of calculated results and also the specification of input data for use by the software.

Day to day you will be involved in:

□        Financial validation and modelling of clients' portfolios across the whole spectrum of Financial Instruments. Assisting clients in financial validation of models.

□        Provide advice on the implementation of Risk Management Software to assess Market and Credit risk

□        Assisting clients in implementation of firm-wide risk management processes and applications

□        Providing advice to clients on utilization of the software for various risk management objectives

The candidate should be able to show have a desire to become involved in the technically challenging area of market / credit risk.

Candidate must have:

  • Quantitative Degree
  • Consultancy Experience
  • Proven related experience acquired in an investment bank, fund management house, financial software company or financial consulting firm, to include experience of risk, trading and pricing.
  • Familiarity with pricing and modelling of financial products. Must at least know the concepts in Hull: "Options, Futures and other Derivatives".
  • Strong practical knowledge of investment markets, financial market conventions, and risk management practices (Risk Management experience highly desirable)
  • Good theoretical understanding of financial economics, financial mathematics and  statistics
  • Strong presentation and communication skills; good command of English, both spoken and written. Must be able to convey complex ideas to a variety of functional and technical audiences.
  • Ability to steer and direct projects from the functional side.

My client is based in Central London

If this sounds of interest then please send your most recent cv to banking@alexanderblackrecruitment.co.uk or call James Holland on 01179 200 043


Contact information

James Holland