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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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