| Job Title: | Senior Counterparty Risk Advisor FI's - London |
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| Reference: | 00185877 |
| Salary: | £90,000 to £120,000 |
| Location(s): | London |
| Industry(s): | Financial Services |
| Advertiser: | Hays - Accountancy & Finance |
| Employment Type: | Contract / Permenent |
| Posted: | 15-07-2008 |
Description:
Working for the industry regulator, we are now seeking to recruit an experienced counterparty credit risk professional to join this newly formed team.This will include exposures from business risk, credit and counterparty risk, market risk and liquidity risk. The role will report directly to the director of PRD. The Prudential Risk Division is responsible for delivering risk management resource and firm specific, thematic and analytical reviews on all aspects of risk management to supervisors and other stakeholders in the FSA. We are creating this role so as to integrate PRD risk assessment of each of our core-regulated entities. The main challenges facing the Senior Risk Advisor will be establishing this central risk intelligence group and providing high value added information and analysis to all stakeholders.
Which Essential & Desirable skills are required?
Experience:
- Deep experience in assessing financial institutions using both qualitative and quantitative financial analysis.
- Broadly based analytical knowledge and skills. Familiarity with a broad range of financial economics with emphasis on risk measurement;
- Excellent Negotiating and Networking Skills. Developing and maintaining strong internal and external relationships, creating trust and rapport with a wide range of stakeholders, ensuring delivery of focussed review outputs that help the FSA meet its objectives.
- Ability to Think Strategically. Excellent judgement, based on a strong intellect and sharp analytical ability, coupled with sensitivity for other peoples' views and an understanding of the motivations of stakeholders within and outside the FSA. A good understanding of the internal management structure of financial firms, including the interplay between business incentives and regulatory incentives within regulated firms.
- Clear Action and Outcome Focus. Track record of delivering results against business priorities, with considerable energy. Enthusiastic approach to the challenges ahead. Proven abilities to organise others and use organisational skills to channel the work of others productively.
- First-Class Communicator. Ability to communicate effectively both internally and externally, orally and in writing, with strong influencing skills.
- Good understanding of FSA. Preferably, a broad understanding of FSA's specialist supervisory review work and approach and a good understanding of how that specialist review work dovetails with that of the policy and relationship management areas.
- Drive and stamina. To ensure that complex deliverables are produced on time in the face of shifting circumstances.
If this role sounds like it could be of potential interest to you, then please submit your CV for immediate consideration, or call for further detail.
