Market Risk Director - Capital Markets

About this role

Requirements

• Formal banking qualification or equivalent professional experience with accreditation aligned to the role or willingness to work towards one
• Technical expertise on pricing and risk models
• Clear and confident communicator across all levels of seniority
• Driven and able to enhance existing processes
• Extensive knowledge of financing and primary capital markets business
• Ability to understand complex deals to support fair customer outcomes while protecting the organisation’s position, ideally in a Market Risk function at a large multinational bank
• Ability to plan and organise the workload to ensure achievement of productivity and delivery to agreed service standards

Responsibilities

• Lead the Capital Markets Team, agreeing and implementing risk appetites, monitoring adherence and building a strong and efficient team
• Understand, review, and challenge trading business strategies at the portfolio level, highlighting and escalating issues and unusual trading activity
• Support senior management in the development of the risk appetite and the implementation of the market risk limit framework
• Develop detailed knowledge of financial markets, investment strategies, liquidity management and key income drivers
• Review trade proposals and non-standard deal documents for approval
• Review the ongoing operation of risk models and work with market risk methodology on improvements
• Maintain strong relationships with first line colleagues
• Manage market risk coverage of the Capital Markets business

Benefits

• Hybrid ways of working
• 35 hours per week