Thursday, July 31, 2008

Financial Job Opening

Good day,



I'm with BCI, and I was curious if you or someone from your professional network might be interested in this opportunity:



Job Order:

DM0440-007-511



Title:

Risk Analyst



Location:

Midwest



Summary:

Diversified Financial Services firm seeks a Risk Analyst to join their
Investment Risk Management department. This person will be part of a
team responsible for asset analytics/modeling, attribution of value
changes, and economic capital calculations.



Responsibilities:

Actively contribute to projects involving the move to market value accounting

Develop analytic models to help explain volatilities of asset values

Provide attribution/sensitivity analyses for the sources of gain and loss under an economic framework

Work with Financial Reporting/Investment Accounting/Investment
System/Corporate Risk to develop these processes and move them to
regular, quality-controlled production as needed

Working knowledge/understanding of fixed income instruments, derivatives and the term structure of interest rates

General understanding of investment accounting helpful

Possess programming expertise in VBA and SQL

Analyze the sensitivities of the assets towards different market factors

Responsible for quantifying/analyzing/
attributing market value changes under normal and stressed scenarios



Experience:

Demonstrated ability to develop creative solutions to analytical problems, making use of spreadsheets, databases, and graphics

Strong mathematical skills/working knowledge as they relate to modeling/valuation of fixed income instruments and/or derivatives

Understanding of investments and related risk measures, particularly interest rate risk/credit risk

Ability to perform research through the use of internal/external information resources

Understanding of Investment Accounting very helpful

Able to clearly present information through the spoken or written word; compose well-written coherent documents

Able to challenge conventional practices; adapt established methods for
new uses; pursue ongoing system improvement; play with concepts and
ideas to create novel solutions to problems; evaluate new technology as
potential solutions to existing problems

Degree in financial engineering, economics, mathematics, actuarial science, computer science, or a related field

MBA and/or CFA designation encouraged

Knowledge of financial quantitative tools strongly preferred

Possess a good business understanding of investments and the ability to use quantitative techniques



Compensation:

Commensurate with experience.



If you are interested in this opening, please email us a copy of your resume as an MS Word attachment.



Thank you,



Brooke Akins

BCI - Financial Services Recruiting

(312) 460-8222 x102

brooke@brokerageconsultants.com

www.bcius.com

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