Job purpose
Responsible for the market, credit, operational and liquidity risks management of the business. Manage the execution of risk management processes to assist in the completion of the business objectives of the organisation whilst ensuring effective risk management.
General Duties
- Handle Risk of several business lines (Commodities, Precisous Metals, Securities,etc)
- Handle daily Risk Management tasks, ensuring internal policies and procedures are adhered to.
- To propose credit and trading limits for customers and counterparties that remain within the defined risk appetite of the company.
- Review assigned risk limits and evaluate limit increase requests.
- Understand how the company’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in daily activities and decisions.
- Collaborating to ensure infrastructure, controls and procedures for all existing and future activities conducted by the organization are in place to ensure effective risk management.
- Support the Head of Risk-Asia to evaluates the adequacy of the Company’s methodologies and controls with respect to business, credit, operational and strategic risk management.
- Partner with front office to implement market risk policies at a business unit level.
- Serves a point of escalation for key risk matters or time sensitive decisions.
- Provides technical input into the areas of risk measurement, risk integration, risk/return analysis and new business / product proposals.
- Manage professional relationships with Front Office, other departments, customers, etc.
This list of responsibilities may not be all-inclusive and can be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as needed.
Knowledge and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree
- 10 years of directly relevant risk management experience in managing market, credit, liquidity, and operational risk.
- In-depth knowledge and experience on specific products including trading and market characteristics, pricing, market liquidity and volatility, covering on-exchange and OTC.
- Knowledge of commodities futures and options, including market infrastructure and understanding of operational matters.
- Decisiveness with the ability to form an independent opinion, communicate this opinion effectively and take action within the scope of authority.
- Understanding of the Financial Services infrastructure including Exchanges, Clearing Houses, payment transmission systems and delivery/settlement structures.
- A quantitative and analytical approach to risk assessment and credit decision making.
- Strong financial modeling skills and the ability to isolate risk through models and historical data and also build important qualitative risk factors into the process.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to clearly and effectively communicate risk management procedures and decisions.
- Perform under pressure in a dynamic environment, with the ability to handle numerous tasks simultaneously, and prioritise.
Qualification and Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- A team player with an ability to work independently.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, management and analytical skills.
- Strong work ethic and emphasis on attention to detail.
- Proficient in all Microsoft Office products, especially Excel
Department Head: Head of Risk - Asia
