Data Analyst

Job Title: Market Risk Data Analyst (On w2, no visa sponsorship or transfer provided)

Job Location: Getzville NY (Only local candidates to NY allowed)

Duration: 06 months (Contract)

Job Description:

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Science, Engineering; or Finance, Economics; or similar analytical fields.
• 3 years of experience in risk analysis.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, specifically Excel & Access.
• Knowledge of and interests in finance, markets, risk management.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Skills in data, analytics, databases, data quality.
• Experience in Tableau, Power BI, visualization.
• Coding experience and the ability to manipulate large data sets.

What You Will Be Doing

• Participate in preparing regular and time-sensitive analytics, visualizations and reports working with Spread Products, Commodities, Equities and XVA risk managers, senior management, and regulators.
• Centrally acquire all data related to a Market Risk Management while ensuring data quality, completeness, and consistency.
• Develop expertise in Market risk management across asset classes, including risk metrics, risk governance, as well as related data and technology infrastructure.
• Leverage risk and technical expertise to increase the information value of the content with actionable insights for management.
• Drive process improvement opportunities that enhance the efficiency of the production process. · Provide information to Risk Management and the business for audit, stress testing and --hoc related queries.
• Ability to develop and maintain close working relationships with Risk Management, Business units and other control functions.
• Responsible for raising, investigating, and following up on issues related to data quality, limit excess, etc.
• Apply in-depth knowledge to coordinate and contribute to initiatives that support the objectives of the operations function and overall business.
• Apply in-depth understanding of how various operational areas collectively integrate within the sub function.
• Serve as an analytical and/or procedural expert, representing a unit or team on cross function operational processes, project deliverables.
• Resolve complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of basic operations and business processes, family procedures and industry standards for business support.
• Demonstrate leadership ability as he/she leads projects and/or offers solutions at an advanced level.
• Responsible for raising, investigating, and following up on issues related to data quality, limit excess, etc.
• Evaluate moderately complex and variable operations issues that have substantial potential impact and recommends changes to streamline processes as required.
• Ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.