Senior Market Risk Auditor – London

Our client is a Tier 1 Investment Bank seeking a qualified Quant / Market Risk practitioner to join their growing Global Markets Audit division.

The ideal candidate will have a strong Quantitative Finance or Market Risk background with relevant post graduate qualifications. Excellent communication skills are essential.

The Internal Audit function consists of teams who provide independent assurance over the organisation and operations for all stakeholders across varied business lines, ultimately providing assurance to the Board and Group Executive Management.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Sound knowledge of Capital Markets Banking
• An understanding of controls within an investment bank
• Strong analytical and technical knowledge
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

We are recruiting an AVP in Market Risk Audit to join the Internal Audit function of a Tier 1 Investment Bank. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a sound background in Model Validation, Model Development or Market Risk.

The successful candidate will hold a maths or science degree or post graduate qualification. Experience in financial services and/or banking is essential. The role looks at all aspects of Market Risk Audit, including Model Validation, VAR, Stress Testing Valuation, Model Building, and Model Development, across the business. Ideally, you will also have audit experience in this area, however candidates with solid experience in an analytics or controls environment are also encouraged to apply.

Essential:

• Relevant Experience of Market Risk Models, Model Validation, VAR, Stress Testing and Model Development.
• Ability to work as part of a high level team.
• Audit or assurance experience and qualifications

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Vacancy Summary
Salary55,000 – 70,000LocationLondon Job TypePermanentStart DateASAP

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a sound background as a Model Validation, Model Development or Market Risk practitioner, or for someone who is a career auditor working in this space.

Our client is seeking someone to join their internal audit team. The successful candidate will hold a maths or science degree or post graduate qualification. Experience in financial services and/or banking is essential. The role looks at all aspects of Market Risk Audit, including Model Validation, VAR, Stress Testing Valuation, Model Building, and Model Development, across the business. As this is a VP level role, in depth knowledge experience in this area is essential.

This role is effectively that of consultant and subject matter expert to the Internal Audit Function. The ideal candidate will have experience in the audit field, however, practitioners are also invited to apply, as long as they have a solid understanding of the internal audit process.

Essential:

• Relevant Experience of Market Risk Models, Model Validation, VAR, Stress Testing and Model Development.
• Ability to work as part of a high level team.

Our client, a large American bank with a significant global presence, is seeking an experienced Market Risk Auditor to join their internal audit team covering the Asia Pacific Region. This position sits as the Head of Market Risk Audit Asia Pacific Region The successful candidate will hold a maths or science degree or post graduate qualification, and will have significant experience in the financial services and/or banking environment. The role involves looking at all aspects of Market Risk Audit, including Model Validation, VAR, Stress Testing Valuation, Model Building, and Model Development, across the business.

This role is at Senior VP level, and Heads up Market Risk Audit for the Asia Pac Region. Because of the regional remit, and the bank’s physical presence, they are happy for the incumbent to be based either out of Singapore, or Hong Kong. The ideal candidate will either be a career auditor who has specialised in this space, or a Market Risk practitioner who has some audit experience. Obviously at this level, the right candidate will need to have the gravitas, and interpersonal skills to lead the role and their team.

Requirements

• Relevant academic qualifications
• Significant experience in areas including, market risk models, model
  validation, and VAR, stress testing and model development
• Experience of leading audit teams in this area

A tier 1 banking institution are seeking a Banking Internal Audit AVP to join their Market Risk Audit team. This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified and an experienced internal auditor looking for a new challenge within a globally reputable organisation.

Your main focus will be to support the market risk audit team hence a sound working knowledge of model risk is essential which includes all aspects of management from model governance, validation, documentation, inventory and use. However, this is not a box ticking role, you will be expected to be proactive, articulate issues and negotiate effective results.

The organisation encourages upward mobility and develop internally hence they have a preference for highly intelligent individuals who are also ambitious, charismatic and energetic, hence you must possess strong technical ability as well as strong communication and interpersonal skills.

This is an excellent career move for an individual with a sound background in Model Validation, Model Development, or Market Risk Audit.
Our client is seeking and experienced Model or Market Risk Auditor or Practitioner to join their internal audit team. The successful candidate will hold a maths or science degree or post graduate qualification with prior experience in financial services and/or banking. The role involves looking at all aspects of Market Risk Audit, including Model Validation, VAR, Stress Testing Valuation, Model Building, and Model Development, across the business. As this is a VP level role, previous in depth experience in this area is essential.
The ideal candidate will have experience in the audit field, however, practitioners are also invited to apply, as this role is effectively that of Market Risk SME within the Internal audit team, and relevant audit training will be afforded. Excellent communication skills are required, to develop and maintain positive working relationships as part of this small specialised team.

Essential:

• Experience of Market Risk Models, Model Validation, VAR, Stress Testing and Model Development.
• Ability to work as part of a small but high level team.

Reporting to the Local Head of Risk Management Audit and the Global Head of Quant Analytics, this Model Validation Audit role is a key position in both the Risk Audit and Quantitative Analytics Group supporting Model Validation.

You must have strong quantitative skills and market risk knowledge as a practitioner with experience in major asset classes. In particular the successful individual will conduct reviews of risk management and capital models.

You will have experience in VaR methodology, including the Regulatory stressed VaR, Incremental Risk Charge and the comprehensive risk measure., in addition to in depth understanding of the derivative pricing models. There is an expectation for the successful candidate to develop some knowledge of credit and operational risk models.

You will have regular communication with the Global Senior Risk Managers to discuss market trends, model enhancements as well as lend independent advice to various committees dealing with model validation and enhancements.

Skills for Model Validation Audit:

• Masters or Ph.D. in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Mathematical Finance, Physics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in model development, model review or model validation audit with a financial institution within interest rates, FX pricing models, equities, credit, SPG and commodities, with good understanding of model risk control and measurement.
• In-depth knowledge of mathematical finance, derivatives pricing, and numerical techniques for derivatives valuation (Monte Carlo simulation, partial differential equations, numerical analysis, probability theory, etc.)
• Build credible relationships with senior management in the Risk function.
• Ability to programme pricing models for derivatives is preferable (MATLAB, C++)
• Being able to clearly document findings in work papers to ensure they meet internal standards.

Our client is seeking and experienced Model or Market Risk Auditor or Practitioner to join their internal audit team. The successful candidate will hold a maths or science degree or post graduate qualification with prior experience in financial services and/or banking.  The role involves looking at all aspects of Market Risk Audit, including Model Validation, VAR, Stress Testing Valuation, Model Building, and Model Development, across the business. As this is a VP level role, previous in depth experience in this area is essential.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the audit field, however, practitioners are also invited to apply, as this role is effectively that of Market Risk SME within the Internal audit team, and relevant audit training will be afforded.  Excellent communication skills are required, to develop and maintain positive working relationships as part of this small specialised team.

Essential:

• Experience of Market Risk Models, Model Validation, VAR, Stress Testing and Model Development.
• Ability to work as part of a small but high level team.

Our client is a Tier 1 European Bank. They are seeking two experienced technology auditors to join the Internal Audit Function of their London office. One post at VP level, the other for an AVP.

With a financial services background gained in a large bank or investment firm, the ideal candidate will use their prior experience in IT applications audit to maintain the organisation’s rigorous internal audit standards. Of particular interest will be  candidates with experience auditing areas of Fixed Income, Market Risk and Equities.

The successful candidate will use excellent communication skills to develop and maintain positive working relationships with stakeholders and senior management, in addition to facilitating a culture of shared knowledge and experience with team members.

For the junior role, candidates who are currently working with a Practice firm, and who have had experience working for banking clients will be considered.

Essential Skills:

Degree educated or related experience

A professional IT audit qualification

This role would suit someone seeking a solid foundation for a career in market risk within a tier one bank, from an accountancy, risk reporting or data analyst background.

The successful candidate will provide support to Risk Managers for reporting and monitoring stress exposures for the Investment Bank. You will provide Var P&L for reporting and analysis purposes and maintain data quality understand key market movements and stress changes, whilst maintaining strong relationships with Product Control, Finance, and Technology Risk.

The successful candidate will have three to five years’ experience in a financial services role dealing with traded products, with equities/FX experience preferred.  The ideal candidate will enjoy working in an environment with strict deadlines responding to a wide variety of requests for risk data analysis (VAR and PNL).

The group is responsible for daily limit reports controlling the exposure for risk and manages breaches. The group also project manage wider risk issues including Volker and enhancement initiatives for risk reporting infrastructure.

Essential Skills

• Analytical skills and attention to detail

• Undergraduate Degree

• VBA programming experience and advanced understanding of excel

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

• Experience from a US or European Banking group.