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 on the Close-Out-Period
exposure programme (COP). This high profile
programme is providing a consistent close-out
risk measure across all derivative product
types meeting Basel II and internal UBS
requirements.
The successful candidate will be working
as a member of the analyst team on change-the-bank
projects. They will take responsibility
for collecting and verifying the business
requirements, analysing systems and data
associated with the requirements to define
the functional specification.
The role also supports the delivery of
analyst’s activities following 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:
– Participate in group session to
capture and verify requirements
– Write comprehensive Business Requirements
Documents, communicating the needs of the
business to users and to the Risk IT development
teams
– Participate in sessions to identifying
potential solutions and assess them for
both technical and business suitability
– Producing Project Feasibility Reports
– 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
– Working closely with Risk IT developers
and a variety of end users to ensure technical
compatibility and user satisfaction
– Participate in user acceptance testing
planning and execution
– Planning and working flexibly to
a deadline
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
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.
– 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.
– A background that includes some
IT technical experience will be viewed positively.
– Experience of Sybase and Oracle
SQL, is valuable.
– Broad familiarisation with project
management methodologies and tools.
– Numerical, science or engineering
degree pre-requisite.
– Higher degree in financial mathematics.
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