Job Background
Institutional Credit Management (ICM) group is a critical component of Citi’s first line of defense for wholesale and counterparty credit risk management and works with Independent Risk teams to ensure best-in-class risk and controls, as well as client responsiveness. Key responsibilities of the group include credit analysis, documentation, risk identification, exposure monitoring and stress testing. ICM coordinates with credit management groups across businesses to ensure full alignment on business and regulatory goals, as well as consistency and best practices.
The Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) Product Development team within ICM is responsible for building tools to :
- Provide in-depth quantitative or qualitative analysis to solve business problems and develop new, innovative solutions.
- Build tools to help measure, monitor and control counterparty risk for institutional clients.
- Portfolios and businesses, with a focus on counter-party and collateral risk to ensure the risks are being properly measured and controlled in accordance with the Firm’s risk policies.
Responsibilities :
Lead strategic BAU and Regulatory projects for Counterparty Exposure Product DevelopmentDevelop and enhance tools for the measurement, monitoring and reporting of counterparty exposure including Potential Future Exposure (PFE), Settlement Risk, Intraday risk, Risk Capital and participate in project management of strategic risk infrastructure developmentWork in close coordination with in-business risk managers, second line risk managers and risk senior stakeholdersManage end-to-end product development lifecycle and scope product releases, track business priorities, define business requirements and UAT strategy incorporating regulatory and compliance requirementsPerform data analysis, document as-is and to-be state, requirement gathering, draft BRDs, UAT and Impact analysisWork with all stakeholders to fulfill the delivery objectives for effective, accurate and timely risk management and reportingPartners with senior team members and a widely distributed global user community to define and implement solutionsHelp track and address CCR data and methodology issues, develop weekly metrics and remediation plans for system enhancementsWork with technology to understand infrastructure gaps, systems, and data flows. Identify and document gaps and suggest improvements for target state build-out.Communicate key findings and issues to senior management and provide regular status updatesCreate presentations and documents for internal and regulatory use on various topics including, stress methodologies, and summarizing stress testing issuesQualifications :
Experience in the financial industry and banking.Direct experience in end-to-end project delivery, preferably in product development, and knowledge of various analytical toolsUnderstanding of financial market products – Derivatives (Bilateral & Cleared), Securities Financial Transactions (SFTs), Margin lending and FinancingKnowledge of counterparty credit risk concepts, data, system integration, and processesUnderstanding of counterparty exposure metrics – Potential Future Exposure, Stressed exposure, Settlement Exposure, Intraday exposureExcellent project management and business analysis skillsStrong written and verbal communication skills with focus on stakeholder managementStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detailAbility to work well with cross-functional teams from Business, Risk, Technology and ComplianceAbility to collaborate and clearly communicate with senior members of an organization.Ability to build networks and relationships internally and externallyEducation :
Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in finance, technology, economics, or a related field preferredCFA / FRM will be a plus but not necessaryJob Family Group :
Product Management and Development
Job Family : Product Development
Time Type : Full time
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