FRTB - Data Specialist
New York, NY, United States
Global Financial Firm located in New York, NY has an immediate contract opportunity for an experienced FRTB - Data Specialist
"This role is currently on a Hybrid Schedule.
You will need to have reliable internet, computer and android or iphone for remote access into the client systems during remote work.
We will be expected in the office weekly 2-3 days depending on the team requirement.
****Video/ f2f interviews are required prior to all offers.
Pay rate range: $73.00 - $ 86.00 Negotiable based upon years of experience
Title: FRTB - Data Specialist
Job Description:
Global Markets provides world-class solutions that are as diverse as the needs of the corporates, institutions, governments, and individual investors we serve. The breadth, depth, and strength of our underwriting, sales and trading, and distribution capabilities span asset classes and currencies, sectors and industries, covering a vast array of products.
The candidate will be a key member of Credit and Price Risk Execution in Client Global Markets. Markets Credit and Price Risk Execution is mandated to establish and maintain a robust first line of defense designed to minimize risk within the business including leading critical control initiatives to mitigate risk in Trading, Financial Crimes and Conduct while ensuring strong governance to measure, monitor, manage and escalate key risks.
We are seeking a consultant to join our team and contribute to the successful design and implementation of the Basel Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) market risk capital rule requirements.
The role requires an understanding of market risk management and hands-on experience working with large datasets. The ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate trade and risk data, and support the design and development of controls to identify any misclassifications per the market risk capital rules.
Responsibilities and priorities will reflect needs of the organization and will evolve over time, however the following are some of the specific activities expected of this role:
• Design and Implementation: Support the design and implementation of the Basel III, End game, FRTB market risk capital rule requirements to classify activities as market risk capital covered or non-covered positions.
• Utilize data science techniques combined with intuitive design, flexibility, and accuracy to develop business controls to monitor trading activity
• Collaborate with the business, finance, market risk teams to identify and evaluate trading activities against regulatory requirements
• Working with various datasets (Trade, Position, Market Risk, PnL, internal reference data)
• Developing analytic dashboards to visualize and monitor control profiles
• Working with API's and modern/legacy databases
• Partner with Technology teams to develop sustainable solutions supporting the Program including enhanced controls and streamlining/automation initiatives.
• Issue Management: Identify, prioritize and proactively manage dependencies, risks, exceptions and issues
Qualifications:
• Experience with market risk, regulatory rules and ideally in delivering regulatory initiatives. Knowledge of Basel and FRTB specifically is a plus.
• 5+ years' experience working with large data sets within capital markets
• Strong programming skills in python, pyspark, experience using pandas are required
• Experience and/or training in data science
• Experience working with Tableau or Qliksense/Qlikview is desired
• Proficient in SQL, NoSQL databases, and working with API's
Education:
• Undergraduate degree in a quantitative discipline such as computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering or financial engineering is required