Risk Analyst

Providing assistance and support to the Risk team in any risk related matters, such as:

• Carrying out financial analysis on the group’s client and liquidity provider counterparties and making recommendations in line with best practice and the group’s risk appetite.
• Managing multiple margin requests in a timely and effective fashion, producing well-researched and accurate credit reports, and working directly with colleagues across business units and across borders to address credit requests and issues.
• Striving to drive and develop processes and procedures to limit risk and to improve credit risk management efficiency.
• Preparing margin facility proposals for consideration by the client and management.
• Assisting with the preparation of any risk related documentations, including collateral agreements, ISDAs, guarantee agreements, etc.

Monitoring counterparty risk exposures, such as:

• Calculating the Mark to Market value of an open position.
• Ensuring that the credit risk exposure of a client is within the risk limits.
• Monitoring and reporting a client’s initial margin and variation margin position.
• Monitoring and reporting the exposure concentration of the group’s margin termportfolio.
• Escalating limit excesses appropriately to management.

General risk related responsibilities, such as:

• Monitoring the progress of a margin call.
• Understanding the risk policy framework in the context of the group’s overall risk appetite.
• Coordinating stress analysis on a client’s credit profile.
• Producing risk analysis and risk information reports for the management ‘s review.
• Monitoring changing market conditions that might affect the credit quality of the group’s credit risk exposure.
• Providing timely alert to the management for appropriate actions.
• Creating and implementing rules and ideas in raising the risk management standard of the business and raising the front office’s risk awareness.
• Coordinating the risk committees, including producing papers, taking minutes and following up on all action points.