eFinancialCareers

• Location

  USA-CT-Stamford

• Compensation

  base and bonus

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  04 Dec 2008

• eFC Ref no

  424367

The Market Risk Analyst provides independent oversight of market risk and communicates risk effectively to all levels of management, as well as to internal and external oversight authorities. The Analyst provides risk management expertise to the Front Office

•Monitor and report market risk including positions and risk analytics, limits and utilizations, and P&L explanation. •Provide risk analysis to management and the business, explain and reconcile risk metrics against business activity. •Initiate process and systems enhancements to improve alignment of risk policy, methodology, and business objectives. •Co-ordinate market risk-related initiatives locally across functional areas. •Provide input to firm-wide projects and processes (such as the NPAP) from the perspective of market risk. • Participate in global market risk initiatives and provide local/ Greenwich perspective. Product and Technical Knowledge •Product knowledge: Fund of funds/hedge funds, structured credit products, credit flow products. Risk/ technical knowledge: market risk and credit risk methodologies, assumptions and limitations of models, inputs and outputs, system issues. •3-5 years miminum relevant experience.