About Maybank Securities
Maybank Securities, a leading brokerage and investment bank with a reach extending across ASEAN, the UK and the US, offers a comprehensive suite of services. These include corporate finance & advisory, navigating debt and equity capital markets, derivatives trading, brokerage and research for both retail and institutional investors, and prime brokerage.
This role reports directly to the Chief Risk Officer.
The responsibility of this role includes:
- Assess equity/ bond counters and assign initial margin rates as part of the Prime business offering to clients.
- Assess equity/ bond counters and assign share margin financing rates to clients.
- Assess counterparties and clients’ credit profile and propose credit limits to Credit Underwriting Committee.
- Monitor clients portfolio and issue daily margin calls to clients.
- Perform stress tests on CFD / share margining portfolio and highlight any VaR / limit breach.
- Work with front office on new client requests involving futures / options.
- Improve the reporting and monitoring process flow to ensure that risk information is transparent and useful to end users (Management and Board).
- Ensure Risk Appetite requirements are monitored and tracked on a periodic basis and any breaches or changes to the tolerances/thresholds are addressed with reporting to management and action plans.
- Assist in addressing any regulatory and audit requirements from a monitoring and reporting perspective.
- Initiate changes and improvements that aid efficiency / productivity and gap closure.
- Other duties may include ad-hoc analysis and review of equities and/or other financial instruments, assist in preparing of information for management committees and other forums, and assisting the team in implementing any projects and initiatives that may be assigned.
Qualification requirement:
- Degree in finance or finance related subject, preferably with a quantitative background.
- Minimum of 2-3 years of working experience in credit risk management, with a strong understanding of financial services and products such as CFDs and F&Os.
- Proficiency in VBA is an added advantage.
- Analytical and meticulous.
- Team player with the ability to work independently, maintaining a clear direction and focus.
- Works well in a fast-pace and volatile market environment.
- Willing to cover New York hours on an ad-hoc basis.
- Willing to work on public holidays on a rotational basis.
We regret that only short-listed candidates will be notified.
