Risk Analyst

Job Purpose

Intercontinental Exchange is looking to hire a risk analyst to join the risk department of ICE Clear U.S. and ICE NGX, the North American futures and options clearing house at ICE. The risk analyst will report to the risk manager and will work closely with senior management of the business on a daily basis.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring clearing member trading activity as well as the market environment during the day.
• Proactively identify, analyze, and mitigate any potential risk exposure to the clearing house.
• Overseeing and/or updating and creating risk procedures, regulatory documents, and other related risk policy statements.
• Work closely with the operations and treasury teams in streamlining and automating processes.
• Help design and implement operational processes that are efficient and minimize operational and security risks.
• Work on strategic projects which will foster revenue and business growth including work on new products as well as projects designed to enhance and strengthen the risk and operational infrastructure of ICE Clear U.S. and ICE NGX.

Knowledge and Experience

• BA/BS in a quantitative field required. Master's degree preferred.
• Two or more years' work experience in a quantitative risk field is preferred.
• Good understanding of markets, including what drives market dynamics and risk in markets
• Good understanding of market risk, liquidity risk and credit risk models (VaR, stress testing, liquidity and concentration risk measures etc.)
• Must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be able to articulate complex concepts to senior management, the risk committee and board of the clearing houses, clearing members, regulators as well as end users
• Must be able to work both independently and as part of a broader team
• Experience with energy market, commodities, FX and equities markets is a plus
• Experience with SQL and Python preferred

Schedule

This role offers work from home flexibility of one day per week.