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Senior Market Risk BA (Mandarin Speaking, £36k, IT Services and IT Consulting, London)

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Job Description

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Market Risk BA role in an IT Services and IT Consulting company based in Berkshire. The company offers IT services to brands, enabling them to attain the necessary combination of people and technology to achieve business results at a lower cost. This is a hybrid office position with a pro-rata salary and a 6-month contract with the possibility of becoming full-time. 

Job Requirements:

  • Degree-level education and, ideally, Mandarin fluency.
  • Strong understanding of Market Data needs, as well as Risk, Finance, and Operational processes and requirements.
  • Knowledge of or familiarity with the Bank's core platforms, such as Asset Management, Murex, Xenomorph
  • VAR reporting, Incremental Risk Charge, Stress Testing, and Back Testing are examples of Market Risk processes to be familiar with.
  • Product Control business operations such as Independent Price Verification (IPV) and Bid/Offer provisioning should be understood.
  • Gathering business requirements and developing both business and functional requirement specifications is a plus.
  • In the financial services industry, a strong, proven track record of project performance with shown ability.
  • Throughout the whole project lifecycle, from design to testing and eventually deployment.
  • Collaboration in geographically dispersed teams.
  • Providing complicated functionality in a time-constrained environment.
  • Follows principles and values.
  • Influencing and persuading.
  • Meeting client expectations and delivering results.
  • Adaptive to and reacting to change.
  • Managing stress and setbacks.
  • Goal oriented and organised.
  • Succinct and articulate communicator (both written and vocal).
  • Capable of dealing with and influencing a diverse range of stakeholders at various levels.
  • Has a keen eye for detail and the ability to comprehend issues thoroughly enough to articulate them to high management.
  • Has a technical perspective and strong problem-solving skills, as well as a pragmatic, common-sense attitude.
  • When under duress, he remains calm and composed.
  • Is pleasant, a team player, and capable of forming good working relationships.
  • Proactive, rather than reacting to problems as they arise, anticipates them.
  • Efficient and well-organized, with excellent time management abilities.
  • Change-resistant and adaptable.
     

 

Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities:

  • Closely collaborating with Risk and Finance enterprise users to understand and control their requirements, and turning these into specs that can be executed by IT build teams.
  • Supporting projects through the entire software development cycle, including the requirement phase, solution creation, all levels of testing, and eventually deployment.
  • Building and maintaining a strong operating model for the Market Data system in collaboration with architecture and technology.
  • Develop and maintain good domain expertise in the Risk and Technology architecture from a commercial standpoint.
  • Learning how systems work together and how data flows through them.
  • Strong working relationship with any change initiative's project management.
  • Be able to articulate business issues and concerns to the relevant service delivery managers to facilitate them in controlling production support through an ITIL framework.

Referrals

If you know anyone who may be suitable for the above role, feel free to get in contact with the Mandarin Recruitment team. We will ensure a healthy referral bonus.

About Us

Mandarin Recruitment is a service that helps UK and China businesses & organisations find and source high-quality Mandarin-speaking professionals. We have unparalleled and exclusive channels to the Chinese speaking market, allowing us to be the leading organisation for specialist Mandarin recruitment.

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