A leading British bank who have suffered since Sept 08 are looking to build up their Counterparty Credit Risk analytics space with the roll–out and development of world class analytics and risk platform.
To achieve this, they need to hire a number of different quants to build this analytics space.

A brief description below:
To meet business demands and Group and regulatory requirements, a large-scale project is being undertaken to redevelop the methodologies and systems surrounding the modeling, measurement and control of counterparty credit risk. Consequently, the Risk Methodology team is seeking to hire a number of quantitative analysts with substantial prior experience in this area.

Requirements:
The core function of the role is to research and identify appropriate methodologies, successfully balancing the need for technical rigour with considerations of feasibility and ease of implementation.  Close liaison will be required with the Risk Solutions and Control Group (prototyping of models, development of functional specification, testing of model implementation) and with Group Risk Analytics (model validation).

Responsibilities:
The candidate will be required to work closely with a wide range of different constituencies and will need good interpersonal skills.
He/she will need to be a team player, but willing to work independently and to accept responsibility for the production of agreed deliverables within a specified time frame

The ultimate objective of the role is to provide the methodological inputs associated with the development, testing and implementation of a sophisticated, robust and flexible counterparty credit risk measurement system.

Good time and project management skills, with the ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects, are needed.
The candidate will also need to be an excellent communicator (both written and verbal, formal and informal).

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