A leading international investment bank is looking to hire an AVP Market Risk Manager to cover their eTrading business, specifically for Rates and Credit. This team supports their Macro Trading business and sits within their broader Market Risk Management group. This group provides efficient 2nd Line risk oversight for all electronic trading activities across Rates, Credit and Equities in line with the bank's governance and controls processes and procedures. Some of the key stakeholders for this role include the Front Office System Owners and Desk Supervisors, Statistical Modelling and Developers, Asset Class Market Risk managers and leaders in electronic compliance. This role is in New York City and temporarily remote.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assessing the effectiveness of controls and processes through end-to-end order flows of eTrading systems
- Reviewing business initiatives and associated documentation pertaining to eTrading and electronic execution
- Providing checks and challenges for new eTrading systems being onboarded and subsequent Algorithms
- Overseeing Rates and Credit electronic trading systems, specifically for Algorithmic trading, and the financial products they support
- Gaining an in depth understanding of the bank's eTrading governance and controls procedures, and regulatory expectations for electronic trading
A Successful Candidate Will Have:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work with professionals at all levels of management in the Front Office and Risk
- At least a Masters degree in a Quantitative Field or an MBA
- At least 3 years of experience working in one of the following functions: Algo Trading, Statistical Modelling, eTrading technology, eTrading Risk such as Operational, OR Market Risk
- Knowledge of Fixed income Markets (Rates, Credit)
- Understanding of rules and regulations on electronic trading
- Experience testing algo strategies/systems
