Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Manager, Market Risk NYC


 
Job ID: Job-0605
Job Title: Manager, Market Risk
location: New York City
Jobtype:

Permanent

80% travel

Description: · a bachelor's degree and approximately 5 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 4 years of related work experience

· a degree in computer science, engineering, accounting, finance or a related field; MBA or MS degree preferred

· approximately 3+ years of experience working at a financial services company (preference) or comparable experience working as an advisor to a financial services company

· demonstrated ability to manage and supervise a team of technology advisors through all phases of the technology life cycle, including requirements definition, architecture design, conversion and testing

· strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating operations with technology skills

· ability and comfort level researching client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies

· a willingness to travel to meet client needs; estimated at 70-80%

Experience in two or more of the following areas:
· Deep knowledge of a range of financial instruments, cash flows, positions, types of risk exposure
· For Market Risk Systems: Leading knowledge of two or more platforms such as Algorithmics, RiskMetrics, Razor, Kamakura, Quic, Sungard, QRM
· Definition of business and technical requirements
· Design of business and technology architecture
· System selection and implementation support
· SDLC experience
· Program/project management and implementation planning (PMO)
· Regulatory experience

Project experiences in two or more of the following:
· Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, Accounting
· Valuation and Pricing
· Finance transformation & accelerated close
· Enterprise application integration
· FAS 133 Hedge Accounting
· Amortization methodology under FAS 91
· OLAP Reporting
· Defect Resolution
· FFIEC Reporting
· Stress testing
· Capital Management

The successful candidate should possess strong knowledge of and experience in supervising and executing all phases of the technology life cycle, based on proven project management and testing methodologies. It is essential that the successful candidate possess a deep knowledge of technical architecture design and have a good understanding of technology tools and components to reasonably argue for and against all components (middleware, database, reporting tools, etc.) in financial systems architecture.

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.

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