Market Risk Manager

Market Risk Manager

General Summary:

Manages
projects and processes and provides financial and market risk analytics and
assessment in support of financial risk management. Leads and fully participates in the use,
development, and maintenance of various market risk models developed with
financial risk modeling software. Provide subject matter expertise in the
development, use, maintenance and update of models used in market risk
analytics. Actively supports in leading the market risk management function of
risk oversight and collaboration.

Principal Duties and
Responsibilities:

• Leads development, use, maintenance, and performance monitoring of the Bank's market risk related models ensuring all modeling and analytics meets expected standards.
• Leads model owner responsibilities as per model risk management guidance including but not limited to assessing model conceptual soundness, performance monitoring, and model documentation.
• Stays apprised of industry best practices on market risk modeling and analytics and initiatives incorporation into the Bank's market risk modeling practices.
• Leads the design, development, and implementation of new models and new products in market risk modeling such as valuation, risk analysis, and capital adequacy modeling.
• Initiates and leads complex financial and market risk analytics and projects concerning all facets of financial and market risk modeling, measurement, assessment, and reporting including market risk, capital stress testing, derivatives valuation, mortgage valuation, mortgage prepayment models, and asset liability management models using financial mathematics and theory.
• Initiates and leads model performance monitoring responsibilities such as assessing the conceptual soundness, evaluating model assumptions and data integrity, testing model numerical, statistical, and/or computational accuracy, performing outcomes analysis, and reviewing model governance and control process.
• Actively participates in hiring, training, and mentoring financial analysts.
• Participates in the relationship and operations with Finance Agency examination staff.

Minimum Knowledge,
Skills and Abilities Required:

• Master's Degree in a quantitative field such as finance, economics, financial engineering, quantitative finance, or computational finance is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a financial institution working with financial theory, financial mathematics and financial and risk modeling software and practices related to market risk, asset/liability management, mortgage securities valuation and derivatives valuation in progressively responsible positions is required.
• Strong mentoring skills and demonstrated experience to lead and motivate a high performing team.
• In-depth knowledge of market risk modeling within fixed income products such as mortgage valuation, prepayment modeling, complex swaps and swaptions and other derivatives valuation, interest rate modeling, volatility modeling, and risk analytics, and model risk.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, to research, create, and present reports and analyses.
  Advanced proficiency in programming languages and familiarity with data querying such as Python, R, SQL or other programming languages to extract data, manipulate data, develop and implement new models and perform advanced analytics.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (particularly Excel and Word).
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple ongoing projects and deadlines.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion. Promotes an environment of empathy and respect. Advocates for diversity at all levels of team members and in the selection of business partners and practices inclusion in all areas of responsibility. Supports D&I events and learning opportunities.

Working Conditions:

Requires
daily use of personal computer and modeling software. Flexibility to work outside of normal working
hours and meet multiple and changing deadlines in a fast-paced
environment. Ability to pay close
attention to detail.