Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Market Risk Manager

Description

Our client is a major name in Saudi Arabia's banking and business world. It has grown from a strong base, focusing on serving the needs of the nation and its citizens, contributing to the Kingdom's construction and development, and always operating within the framework of Shariah principles.

The Bank has the largest branch network distributed throughout the Kingdom, the largest ATM network and over 8000 POS installed with merchants all over the Kingdom.

ROLE PROFILE

JOB TITLE : Market Risk Manager
REPORTS TO : Head of Risk Management
FUNCTION : Management of Market Risk

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

- Identifying and analysing all market risks within the group, enabling them to be transparently understood by management;
- Helping develop strategies to mitigate them in line with agreed risk appetite and ensuring that an appropriate level of capital is maintained.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Identifying market risks - Working with business units to identify innovative and cost-effective hedging solutions to new products, within agreed risk appetite.
- Develop complex hedging solutions.
- Investigate the balance sheet to ensure all market risks are identified and understood including short derivative product positions where contingent market risks exist.
- Ensuring that macroeconomic early warning indicators are identified and the impact on pricing and hedging decisions are understood.
- Market risk measurement - ensuring measurement techniques are correct and appropriate and suggesting alternatives where necessary.
- Market risk policy and procedure governance - ensuring market risk policies are meeting group standards and supporting the implementation of regulatory change projects.
- Communicate with group risk and other areas as required to identify and react to new requirements.

Required Skills

Minimum Requirements

The Candidate should have the following profile :
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Commerce.
- 5+ years of market risk management and balance sheet modelling.
- Strong product knowledge and retail banking experience.
- Understanding mechanisms for quantifying and hedging direct and indirect market risks and opportunities to drive innovative new product and strategy development.
- Strong knowledge of market risk management models and measures including VaR, Earnings at Risk, economic capital etc.
- Strong knowledge of derivative and structured products (swaps and options).
- Strong knowledge of stochastic processes including Monte Carlo analysis of interest rates and other indices

Compensation Package

Salary: Negotiable

Other Benefits: Medical Insurance for employee and dependents, paid vacation with return air tickets ( as per Bank?s policy ) for self, spouse and two minor children. Plus other benefits as per Banks policies.

Keywords

MARKET RISK MANAGER, MARKET RISK MANAGER, Banking, Minimum Requirements

The Candidate should have the following profile :
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Commerce.
- 5+ years of market risk management and balance sheet modelling.
- Strong product knowledge and retail banking experience.
- Understanding mechanisms for quantifying and hedging direct and indirect market risks and opportunities to drive innovative new product and strategy development.
- Strong knowledge of market risk management models and measures including VaR, Earnings at Risk, economic capital etc.
- Strong knowledge of derivative and structured products (swaps and options).
- Strong knowledge of stochastic processes including Monte Carlo analysis of interest rates and other indices

Compensation Package

Salary: Negotiable

Other Benefits: Medical Insurance for employee and dependents, paid vacation with return air tickets ( as per Bank?s policy ) for self, spouse and two minor children. Plus other benefits as per Banks policies.Market Risk Manager, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Category
Finance - Banking

Job Type
Full time

Required Qualification
B.Com

Required Experience
5 years

Salary
Depends on experience

Required Gender
Male

Posted on
MAY 3,2006

Last Date
MAY 13,2006

Company
RadicalHire

Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Apply Now | More jobs in this company| See All Jobs| Tell a Friend

Labels: ,