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Financial Risk & Model Risk Management Job I&M Bank
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Job Purpose:
- Lead Market, Liquidity, IRRBB and Balance Sheet risk frameworks, while also overseeing financial model governance, validation and performance assurance.
- This role is suited for a specialist with strong quantitative skills, treasury product knowledge and a proven ability to ensure robust modelling and regulatory risk compliance, including ICAAP and ILAAP.
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Key Responsibilities:
Financial Risk Governance & Implementation:
- Lead and enhance Market, Liquidity and Balance Sheet Risk policies and frameworks.
- Ensure effective financial risk oversight across Treasury, ALM and Risk functions.
- Drive regulatory alignment with risk appetite, internal frameworks and supervisory guidelines.
- Support implementation and optimization of risk systems, analytics tools and datasets.
- Lead and support financial risk components in ICAAP and ILAAP preparation, documentation and annual reviews.
- Participate in risk methodology upgrades, regulatory projects and Treasury system enhancements.
Financial Modelling & Model Risk Management:
- Lead model development, calibration, back-testing and enhancement for Market and Liquidity Risk.
- Oversee the end-to-end model lifecycle including validation and retirement decisions.
- Establish model governance standards and ensure full documentation and model traceability.
- Perform independent model assessments to evaluate accuracy, assumptions and limitations.
- Monitor model performance, usage controls and ensure prompt remediation of model weaknesses.
- Ensure adherence to model governance policies, audit expectations and regulatory model guidelines.
Risk Identification, Measurement & Quantitative Analysis:
- Independently analyze and assess balance sheet structure, funding maturity gaps and interest rate sensitivities.
- Model liquidity gaps, behavioral assumptions and IRRBB metrics.
- Assess FX and rate volatility impacts on capital, earnings and market value.
- Conduct independent valuation reviews and assess treasury P&L attribution.
- Lead design and execution of stress tests, scenario analysis and risk simulations.
- Provide quantitative insights to ALCO, Executive Management and Treasury stakeholders.
Risk Monitoring, Reporting & Decision Support:
- Monitor daily market and liquidity exposures and evaluate early-warning signals.
- Produce high-quality reports for ALCO, Executive Committees, Board and Regulators.
- Track risk appetite utilization relating to liquidity, funding and market risk limits.
- Enhance risk dashboards, reporting automation and visual analytics capability.
- Analyse key P&L drivers and explain market movements affecting the balance sheet.
- Provide forward-looking risk commentary, scenario outcomes and emerging risk insights.
Academic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Actuarial Science or related field.
- Professional certification such as FRM, CFA, PRM, CQF is an added advantage.
Experience & Technical Skills:
- 7+ years’ experience in Market, Liquidity or Balance Sheet Financial Risk within banking.
- Experience in ICAAP and ILAAP contributions, stress testing and supervisory reporting.
- Strong modelling skills with hands-on financial model development or validation experience.
- Proficiency in analytical tools such as Excel (advanced), Python, desirable.
- Strong knowledge of ALM concepts, IRRBB, liquidity metrics and treasury valuation.
- Excellent analytical thinking, communication and reporting ability with attention to detail.
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