At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead enhancements in Market Risk technology and collaborate with stakeholders for seamless delivery.
- Company: Join Luxoft, a dynamic tech company transforming banking risk management.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, career growth, and a collaborative work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to mentor juniors and contribute to process automation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on financial risk management while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in Market Risk with strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 81000 - 99000 $ per year.
We have been engaged by a large Australian Bank to provide experienced consultants to support their Market Risk technology as part of some migration, maintenance and upgrade. The program focuses on delivering a steady and efficient risk management platform for Treasury Front Office, TMO, and Risk teams to effectively manage the bank's funding and market risk exposures.
Role involves bringing deep expertise of market risk functions, driving change initiatives, and working closely with business stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery of enhancements and new functionalities with minimum / no disruptions to business functionalities.
Responsibilities:
- Lead Market Risk enhancements and optimizations in the bank's platform.
- Participate in functional testing and parallel run activities to test Mark to market differences and trade completeness between front office and risk system (FIS).
- Validate and analyze market and reference data for all the asset classes such as Bonds and IR Future, Commodities, Cap/Floor, Swaption, etc for Market risk & FRTB regulations.
- Maintain and update risk database for the FIS risk engine requirement and build controls to validate the data lineage and integrity.
- Analyze and resolve issues related to FIS system configuration, pricing, sensitivities, and market data for the current production trades.
- Write & Review documentation for various functional areas such as market and reference data, system configurations, reporting etc across the program.
- Independently engage with end users to gather, clarify, and document business requirements.
- Own and drive the implementation of Market Risk configurations, configuring various Stress / Back testing reports and optimizations.
- Optimize existing risk methodologies and model validations to improve performance and accuracy.
- Conduct impact analysis and validation of Market Risk measures (e.g., VaR, PV01, CR01, PnL vectors).
- Drive functional validations for Market Risk metrics and coordinate testing with end users.
- Troubleshoot, debug and resolve complex issues related to Market Risk computations.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams including Risk, Front Office, and IT to ensure seamless integration of risk measures.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
- Contribute to process automation and continuous improvement of release cycles.
Mandatory Skills:
- Basel Capital Accord > FRTB
- FRTB SA
- Business Consulting
- Market Risk
Mandatory Skills Description:
- 8+ years of experience as a Market Risk BA.
- Deep expertise in Market Risk Models, FRTB and asset classes including MM, Fixed Income, FX, and IR Derivatives.
- Excellent understanding on pricing derivatives and option products, configuring market data / curves.
- Proven ability to develop, configure, and optimize Market Risk calculations independently.
- Experience in configuring and running risk computations including reval runs, normalized runs.
- Strong business stakeholder management skills, with experience in running risk measure validations.
- Extensive hands‑on experience in Market Risk functional validations (e.g., Interest Rate VaR, Stress Testing).
- Expertise in configuring and validating various Market Risk measures such as VaR, PV01, CR01, and PnL vectors.
- Strong analytical skills to explain differences in VaR results between Murex and other risk systems.
- Good understanding of Oracle and/or SQL Server RDBMS, with strong SQL skills for data analysis and validation.
Nice‑to‑Have Skills Description:
- Experience with Unix/Linux environments and scripting (Shell, Python, etc.).
- Experience on loading OTC trading platforms Murex, Calypso, FIS.
- Exposure to GIT for version control.
- Good knowledge of CI/CD methodologies and tools.
- Understanding of regulatory risk requirements (FRTB, Basel framework, etc.).
Languages:
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Information Technology, Engineering, and Project Management
Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting and Software Development
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Market Risk Business Analyst in Melbourne employer: Luxoft
As a Junior Murex Market Risk Analyst at our esteemed bank in Singapore, you will be part of a dynamic team that fosters innovation and collaboration. We pride ourselves on a supportive work culture that encourages professional growth through continuous learning and development opportunities, while also offering competitive benefits and a strong focus on work-life balance. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the global markets space and advance your career in a thriving financial hub.
