Business Analyst – Securities Finance - Risk and PnL - London - Contract - up to £800/day (inside IR35)

Business Analyst – Securities Finance - Risk and PnL - London - Contract - up to £800/day (inside IR35)

My client, a global bank based in London, is looking for a Business Analyst to join their Securities Financing team to work on Risk & PnL. The work will span various projects including PRA commitments re Intraday risk management, and front-office cross-asset risk requirements

The key activities of this role will be gathering and analysing data in order to increase understanding of Securities Financing Risk & PnL, to ensure that designs and solutions delivered will be effective.

Responsibilities:

·         Build an understanding of the regulatory drivers, the Securities Financing Platform, and the front-to-back system flows within the Risk & PnL space

·         Working with the experienced Risk & PnL Product Owner, use this understanding to deliver accurate, insightful and timely data analysis which will lead to appropriate designs and solutions being delivered to the Securities Financing business

·         Work closely with other Risk & PnL Business Analysts in other asset-classes and programmes (e.g. the FRTB programme) to ensure best practice is established and any opportunity for reuse of  approaches / data is taken

·         Solutions delivered must successfully balance tactical vs strategic / cost-benefit / time-to-market etc. and the data analysis delivered should inform this decision making

·         The role requires excellent communication with stakeholders who will require a succinct summary of progress, along with timely and accurate communication of the challenges and issues that are encountered

Key skills and experience

·         Business Analyst experience (at least 5 years’ relevant experience in Global Markets Risk & PnL environment), ideally in Equities but cross-asset also an advantage

·         Evidence of a successful track record delivering high quality data business analysis within a Global Markets environment

·         Knowledge of Securities Financing would be advantageous

·         Experience of facilitating data driven decision making, ideally in an Agile environment

·         Experience of delivering both technology and non-technology change

·         Excellent analytical skills

·         Good understanding of business analysis best practice, methodologies and the project lifecycle

·         Good written and communication skills and ability to operate at multiple levels

·         Bachelor's or equivalent University degree

Please apply now for immediate consideration and further details.

Keywords: Business Analyst, Securities Finance, Securities Financing, Risk, PnL, P and L, Data Analysis, Business Analysis, Capital Markets, Banking

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