About the Client: PSS has been mandated to hire an Assistant Vice President - Market Risk for a leading Technology and Operations, Finance, Credit, Risk, Marketing, and Analytics company. 
 
Key Responsibilities: 

Responsible for Market Risk Management functions

  • Review of Market Risk, Product policies, etc. in line with the ever-changing regulatory scenarios and in line with leading industry practices.
  • Determination of Market Risk appetite.
  • Responsible for valuation & review of Treasury portfolios – Forex, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Equity, and structured products.
  • Responsible for monitoring and analyzing sensitivities like Value at Risk and Modified duration, PV01, and other sensitivities like Greeks for Trading Portfolio.
  • Review and enhancement of VaR (Historical simulation & MC VaR), Stress VaR, and Stress testing frameworks.
  • Performing proactive scenario and simulation analysis for treasury trading portfolio on plausible economic events and scenarios.
  • Defining stress scenarios and stress testing methodologies and their enhancement.
  • Conducting Backtesting and Performing root cause analysis for Backtesting exceptions including statistical backtesting.
  • Computation of Capital Charge and Risk Weighted Assets for Market Risk with respect to different product classes and Computation of Market-related off-market Credit Exposure as per standardized approach and advanced approach (SA-CCR).
  • Understanding and implementing advanced risk analytics such as CVA, SIMM, PFE, FRTB, etc.
  • Validation of market data / derived market data and positions for valuation and risk analysis
  • Conducting P&L contribution (Attribution) analysis based on first and second-order sensitivities and underlying market movements
  • In-depth understanding of advanced (Structured) products like Barrier options, Digitals, Swaption, Caps & floors, CDS, CLN, etc. including its valuation and risk profile.
  • Shall have a granular understating of the latest regulatory developments in the market risk domain including IND-AS.
  • Should be exposed to Market Risk System implementation.
  • Responsible for RBS submission related to market risk data to RBI in line with RBI expectations.
  • Responsible for handling Audit queries and providing active assistance in audit
  • Responsible for timely submission of Regulatory /Internal daily and periodical analysis and Market risk submission to RMC and Board.
  • Counterparty credit exposure under the RBI regime including bilateral netting and SA-CCR
  • Should have exposure and understanding of LIBOR transition exposure assessment, its impact, and Valuation and Risk assessment post the demise of LIBOR.
  • Setup of Valuation and Risk for new products across the Treasury and Risk management system
  • Enhancing processes and policies in line with the Industry best practice and RBI/regulatory expectations.
  • Hedge Effectiveness testing and review.
  • Market Risk management committee support and related work including Agenda & Presentation, Action Points & Minutes
  • Proactive Market Risk Management.

 

Educational / Professional Qualification"

  • Chartered Accountant, IIM/ IIT, MBA from tier 1 institute / NIBM. Risk Management qualifications like FRM / PRM /CFQ or CFA will have an added advantage.

Technical Knowledge:

  • Familiarity with Murex / Calypso / SAS will have additional advantage
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
  • Proficient with MS Excel and Excel Macro 
  • Understanding the ever-changing market dynamics and its impact on various products and subsequent/proactive strategy of portfolio management. 
  • Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to interact at various hierarchical levels, with a specific orientation to stakeholder interests. 
  • Well organized and able to perform under stringent timeline pressures without compromising on the end result quality
  • Understanding of R Studio / Python would be an added advantage.

  Job Summary

Posted On:

25-Apr-2024

Function:

Accounting & Finance

Industry:

Banking, Microfinance & NBFC

Location:

Mumbai

Employment Type:

Full Time