Risk Specialist - Chicago, United States - Diligente Technologies

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    Title : Risk Analyst, Income Risk Modelling

    Location : Chicago Illinois- Hybrid

    Employment Type: Full time

    Read on to fully understand what this job requires in terms of skills and experience If you are a good match, make an application.

    Description:

    How you'll make an impact:

    • Design efficient process to model our income projection timely.
    • Perform analysis to identify issues and support changing scenario analysis or modeling requirements from market update, regulatory change or management strategic needs.

    What you can expect:

    • Support income forecasting and risk analysis processes, to model the company's income at risk, risk exposures and sensitivity to each.
    • Assist in the preparation and development of reporting and presentation for various internal committees and Board meetings.
    • Collaborate with business units to understand and refresh assumptions on future member activity and investment capacity.
    • Support the CFO in the annual Strategic Planning process by incorporating additional risk/stress scenarios in the income forecast process and risk analysis framework.
    • Collaborate with internal stakeholder on modelling changes and version upgrades to implement changes and assess income impact.
    • Collaborate with other departments on new product development, new investment consideration and hedge strategy implementation to assess income impact.
    • Assist in process re-engineering, model documentation and EUC(End-User Computing) maintenance
    • Other duties as assigned.

    What you'll bring:

    • 1+ years of experience in risk management, risk modeling or fixed income capital markets.
    • Master's degree in a quantitative field (Mathematical Finance, Computational Finance, Computer Science, Finance, Statistics, and Mathematics).
    • A designation of CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) or FRM (Financial Risk Manager) is a plus.
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to convey complex concepts.
    • Detail oriented, with strong problem-solving abilities and quantitative/analytical skills.
    • The ability to self-manage and work on multiple deliverables concurrently.
    • Proficient in Microsoft Office products such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
    • Knowledge of SQL, VBA, Python a plus.
    • Exposure to fixed income securities and derivatives, and Asset/Liability Management a plus.