PM/BA - Risk & FRTB

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a PM/BA - Risk & FRTB for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in Mississauga, ON.

Responsibilities :

• Looking for a Project manager to lead FRTB Risk related workstreams including Index decomposition, ETF Decomposition, ensuring accurate delivery of model outputs, controls, and reporting aligned to Capital Markets risk and regulatory requirements
• Act as risk based business analysis and project management for the end-to-end delivery of FRTB workstreams within CVA including Index decomposition and ETF Decomposition Models within the CVA team for the FRTB project
• Ability to deep dive into technical details in addition to performing BA activities, ensuring clarity of requirements, assumptions and dependencies
• Coordinate analytical, technology, and control-related workstreams to ensure consistent application of bucketing methodologies across products and asset classes
• Drive the consolidation of CVA-related regulatory and internal requirements into a cohesive execution plan
• Support the development and execution of an end-to-end risk framework covering data sourcing, calculation, reporting, and control processes
• Provide program-level oversight and coordination for technical risk BA activities, ensuring clarity of requirements, assumptions, and dependencies
• Ensure accurate and timely status updates are produced and submitted for established governance forums, including monthly project and milestone reporting
• Manage internal and external dependencies across initiatives, including working closely with Risk Managers, Front Office, Finance, Controls and Technology teams
• Identify challenges and proactively seek to resolve or escalate risk and issues in a timely and well-articulated manner to the projects by engaging relevant stakeholders and PMs
• Engage senior CVA stakeholders continuously by escalating and resolving issues as they arise
• Produce accurate and insightful project update materials and artifacts, tailoring to various forums and committees
• Build strong relationships, adopting a joined up approach, to support the execution of FRTB CVA workstreams which are front office and risk based Able to lead senior working groups and drive change in FRTB CVA projects

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's/University degree
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience
• Experienced Project manager with experience with FRTB specifically around:
  • Credit valuation adjustments
  • Risk and/or Front Office experience is necessary
• Strong & proven track record in strategic project management and delivering complex solutions are essential
• Has significant experience in Credit Valuation Adjustments
• Significant experience in scoping, developing and prioritizing plans for strategic initiatives
• Excellent oral and written communications skills; must be articulate and persuasive with the judgement and authority to provide insightful commentary to senior stakeholders
• Understanding of Credit/Equity (Assets & Hedges) for Index Decomp Delivery (Tech changes, SIT, UAT, Production release)
• A solid understanding of mechanisms to track and communicate performance
• Ability to drive change to business practices by working effectively across a global organization and understand different perspectives
• Thought leadership in target state design through engaging stakeholders at various levels of the organization
• Demonstrated analytical skills with follow-up and problem-solving capability
• Risk experience
• Front office experience
• Strong PM skillset
• Understanding of FRTB
• Technical understanding of CVA

Preferred Skills:

• Master's degree preferred
• Experience in Market Risk and Regulatory related projects (Specifically FRTB and CVA)
• Project Management certifications e.g. PMP or equivalent a strong plus

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