Front Office Market Risk - Rates/FX - VP
A major American investment bank is seeking a VP for their front office market risk team. The 1st line team is responsible for market risk across all traded classes but are specifically looking for candidates with Macro Market Risk experience. Their business objectives span managing market risk for the global markets division with a focus on optimizing capital-based risk metrics to increase productivity.
Responsibilities:
- Work with Head of Front Office Risk and Trading heads to design hedging strategies
- Identify systemic and idiosyncratic risks across businesses and understand the firm's overall risk appetite and capital framework to effectively optimize and allocate risk appetite
- Track performance of products within Markets regularly, and understand drivers of market movements across all asset classes, analyzing trends to create relative value and forward-looking views of material risks
- Improve on risk monitoring, control, and governance within the business
- Assess all risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in Market Risk covering Rates/FX or structuring/trading
- 2nd line desk-facing market risk experience covering rates
- Trading, Risk, or Structuring background
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