Head of Risk (Market, CCR and Clearing)
(To apply you must have current Front Office Risk Management Experience from a Trading House or Investment Bank).
Key Responsibilities
- Shape and evolve oversight capabilities covering portfolio-level exposures and centrally cleared activity across the broader markets platform (Cross Asset).
- Provide forward-looking analysis to surface concentrations, emerging vulnerabilities, and structural weaknesses across trading activities, supporting proactive risk decision-making.
- Act as a senior point of coordination for matters relating to clearing and margin risk, ensuring appropriate transparency, optimisation, and governance for the trading business.
- Deliver targeted reviews and thematic assessments in response to market developments, desk initiatives, or stress events, with clear escalation and senior-level recommendations.
- Translate complex desk-level insights and internal research into cohesive viewpoints that inform senior management discussion and strategic positioning.
- Drive preparedness initiatives focused on counterparty stress and close-out scenarios, improving execution readiness and cross-desk coordination.
- Produce executive-level risk insight through tailored analytics and automated reporting, enabling timely monitoring of changes in exposure and counterparty dynamics.
- Partner closely with independent risk functions to strengthen alignment, governance, and challenge across first- and second-line responsibilities.
- Act as a senior business representative in regulatory interactions, risk committees, and firm-wide governance forums.
- Influence the development of internal risk infrastructure by shaping data standards, reporting architecture, and functional requirements for portfolio risk oversight.
Key Skills & Experience
- Extensive experience operating in a senior Market or Counterparty risk control role within a global markets environment.
- Strong technical grounding in portfolio risk, clearing and margin frameworks, and supervisory expectations.
- Credibility with senior stakeholders, with a proven ability to distil complex issues into clear, decision-oriented messaging.
- Advanced analytical mindset with experience leveraging data, automation, and visualisation to enhance management insight.
- Demonstrated track record of leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing outcomes across multiple teams.
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My client will not offer sponsorship.
Please note: I am looking for a hands on detailed Counterparty Risk / Market Risk SME with Front Office experience in Cross Asset.
