| Job Description
Credit Risk Control Business Change (CRC
BC) is responsible for providing the combination
of process and resource to facilitate and
support effective business change.
A role exists for a business analyst to
work in Credit Risk Control supporting Front
Office innovation projects across the Fixed
Income and Equities businesses. The projects
vary in terms of complexity and size. The
role is required to ensure that:
– Credit Risk’s requirements
are represented and incorporated within
the Front Office projects
– The issues impacting Credit Risk
are identified, analysed and resolved
– The impact of the changes on Credit
Risk’s process and systems are analysed
and planned for
The analyst’s activities follow a
formal development life cycle from inception
through analysis, specification, user-acceptance
testing and delivery of detailed user documentation.
It is very important that the candidate
has experience and knowledge of a formal
project life cycle. This is vital for the
role.
Key tasks include:
– Act as a first point of contact
with Front Office and Credit Officer users
to capture, verify and implement requirements
– Managing the identification and
specification of all business areas functional
change requirements during the change process
design phase. This covers necessary manual
as well as system changes
– Write comprehensive business requirements
documents, communicating the needs of the
business to users and to Risk IT development
teams
– Participate in sessions to translate
the business requirements into functional
solutions
– Write comprehensive Functional Specification
Documents, communicating the needs of the
solution to users and to the Risk IT development
teams
– Conduct rigorous business and systems
impact analysis and prepare supporting documents
– Working closely with Risk IT developers
and a variety of end users to ensure technical
compatibility and user satisfaction
– Define and lead the planning and
execution of user acceptance testing for
innovation changes
– Schedule work-streams from both
Front Office business and cross-functional
initiatives to meet a variety of deadlines
The individual must be practically minded
and have a logical, systematic approach
to work. The ability to meet deadlines in
a challenging environment is a pre-requisite.
The successful candidate will join a global
team and gain significant exposure to all
aspects of Credit Risk Control. They will
work within a diverse environment incorporating
credit officers, trading / sales, quants,
IT professionals and project managers. The
wider responsibility of the group is developing
the bank’s credit risk exposure measurement
systems and controls.
A recruit that demonstrates potential will
have opportunities to extend into other
areas of expertise.
CLIENT
– Ensure client relationships and
interaction are conducted professionally.
– Develop effective working relationships
with key stakeholders where required.
– Understand stakeholders' strategic
requirements and how that impacts the strategy.
– Provide guidance on current and
ongoing progress to stakeholders in the
organization as appropriate.
– It is critical that the candidate
is able to communicate well (oral and written).
The candidate should be able to explain
technical issues to a non-technical audience.
PEOPLE
– Able to work effectively in a team,
drawing on resources within the team (and
across the bank) to deliver results efficiently,
adhering to deadlines.
– Organised, detail oriented, self-motivated
and respond well under pressure.
– Cooperative, enthusiastic and adaptable.
ECONOMIC
– Good broad knowledge of OTC derivative
and Security Financing products and risk
control will help to ensure that analysis
(theory) can be implemented in practise.
– Aptitude for generating innovative
ideas and developing solutions to problems
– Manage and control business risks
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
– Experience in structured analysis,
process design, writing specifications and
user acceptance testing (UAT) is a pre-requisite.
The candidate will need to show that he/she
understands the full project cycle.
– The candidate requires an understanding
of the end to end process and control environment
through Trade Capture, Risk Management and
Reporting.
– Experience in large-scale front
to back project will be viewed positively.
– A methodical, logical and structured
approach to assigned work is vital.
– Competent at handling and analysing
complex data models.
– Good broad knowledge of OTC derivative
and Security Financing products
– Maintain the professional, ethical
and legal standards required in CRC.
– Proficient with Excel, Word, PowerPoint,
Visio and Access.
– Broad familiarisation with project
management methodologies and tools.
– A background that includes some
IT technical experience will be viewed positively.
– Numerical, science or engineering
degree pre-requisite.
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