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 Portfolio,
Control & Reporting projects within
Credit Risk. The projects vary in terms
of complexity and size.
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 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:
- Participate in group sessions 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
- Functional/Technical
- 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.
- The successful candidate will have an
understanding of credit (counterparty) risk,
investment products and associated Credit
Officer processes.
- The candidate requires an understanding
of the end-to-end process and control environment
through Trading, Risk Management and Risk
Control.
- A background that includes production/development
of management / regulatory reporting will
be viewed positively.
- A control focus is vital.
- Competent at handling and analysing data
models.
- Good broad knowledge of OTC derivative
and Security Financing products.
- Proficient with Excel, Word, PowerPoint,
Visio and Access.
- A background that includes some IT technical
experience will be viewed positively.
- Broad familiarisation with project management
methodologies and tools.
- A background that includes production/development
of management reporting will be viewed positively
Director responsible for Risk, Product
Control and Regulatory Reporting IT Development
and Support teams for the Americas. Initiatives
include:
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