Market Risk Business Analyst (Corporate & Investment Banking)
Posted 2 days ago by Square One Resources
£495 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
City of London, UK
Summary: The Market Risk Business Analyst role focuses on leveraging extensive experience in Capital Markets to drive strategic risk initiatives within Corporate & Investment Banking. The position requires a strong understanding of market risk methodologies and regulatory frameworks, along with excellent communication and analytical skills. The analyst will engage with various stakeholders to gather requirements, design solutions, and ensure compliance throughout project lifecycles. This is a contract position based in London, requiring on-site presence several times a week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead workshops and discussions with stakeholders to gather and analyze functional and non-functional requirements related to market risk.
- Apply deep knowledge of Market Risk concepts including Value at Risk (VaR), stress testing, and risk factor modeling.
- Translate market risk requirements into functional specifications, user stories, and data models.
- Act as a bridge between Market Risk, Front Office, Finance, and IT teams to ensure project alignment.
- Perform source-to-target data mapping for market risk attributes and support data quality checks.
- Collaborate with QA and UAT teams to define test scenarios and validate risk calculations.
- Assist in training and change adoption for new market risk systems and processes.
- Identify gaps in market risk processes or systems and propose solutions.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and SDLC phases from requirement gathering to post-implementation support.
- Stay updated on regulatory developments affecting market risk systems and reporting.
Key Skills:
- 8+ years as a Business Analyst in Market Risk or Risk Management within Corporate & Investment Banking.
- Strong understanding of market risk metrics, risk factor modeling, and regulatory frameworks.
- Proven experience in managing complex risk-related requirements across large-scale transformation programs.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, especially in risk data and metrics.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and business audiences.
- Experience working with Risk, Trading, Finance, and Technology teams.
- Agile/Scrum experience preferred.
- Proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, and process modeling tools.
- Basic understanding of SQL, data warehousing, and risk system architecture.
- CFA, FRM, or other relevant risk/finance certifications preferred.
- Exposure to PM principles or certifications (e.g., PMP, Prince2).
- Experience with Tableau, Power BI for risk dashboards and reporting.
Salary (Rate): £495 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Market Risk Business Analyst (Corporate & Investment Banking)
Location: London (3-4x on site per week)
Salary/Rate: £470 - 495 Per Day
Start Date: 31/12/25 (9 month initial contract Inside IR35)
Job Type: Contract - Must be via Umbrella
Company Introduction:
We are seeking a highly experienced and analytical Business Analyst with over 8 years of commercial experience in the Capital Markets domain, with a strong focus on Market Risk and Corporate & Investment Banking. This role is pivotal in driving strategic risk initiatives and ensuring successful delivery of projects across market risk management, reporting, and compliance.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives:
The ideal candidate will possess deep domain knowledge of market risk methodologies, regulatory frameworks, and financial instruments, along with excellent communication and analytical skills.
- Requirements Elicitation & Analysis: Lead workshops and discussions with stakeholders across Risk, Front Office, Finance, and Technology to gather and analyse detailed functional and non-functional requirements related to market risk. Understand and document business processes around risk measurement, limit monitoring, and market data management.
- Domain Expertise Application: Apply deep knowledge of Market Risk concepts including Value at Risk (VaR), Expected Shortfall, sensitivities (Delta, Vega, Gamma), stress testing, scenario analysis, and risk factor modelling. Understand workflows across trading desks (FX, Rates, Equities, Commodities) and their associated risk profiles.
- Solution Design & Documentation: Translate complex market risk requirements into functional specifications, user stories, process flows, and data models. Support the design of risk systems and interfaces for market risk data capture, aggregation, and reporting.
- Stakeholder Management: Act as a bridge between Market Risk, Front Office, Finance, and IT teams to ensure alignment and clarity throughout the project lifecycle. Engage with senior stakeholders to present findings, influence decisions, and manage expectations.
- Data Analysis & Mapping: Perform source-to-target data mapping for market risk attributes including risk sensitivities, market data, and valuation inputs. Support data lineage, data quality checks, and integration with risk engines and reporting platforms.
- Testing Support: Collaborate with QA and UAT teams to define test scenarios, validate risk calculations, and ensure regulatory compliance. Support reconciliation of risk data across systems and reports.
- Change Management: Assist in training and change adoption for new market risk systems, processes, and regulatory changes. Develop user guides and training materials for business users.
- Problem Solving: Identify gaps in market risk processes or systems, propose solutions, and assess impact on upstream/downstream systems.
- Project Lifecycle Participation: Participate in Agile ceremonies and SDLC phases from requirement gathering to post-implementation support. Contribute to sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
- Market & Regulatory Awareness: Stay updated on regulatory developments such as FRTB, Basel III/IV, and local regulations (eg, RBI, MAS). Understand implications of regulatory changes on market risk systems and reporting.
Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:
- Experience: 8+ years as a Business Analyst in Market Risk or Risk Management within Corporate & Investment Banking.
- Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of market risk metrics, risk factor modelling, and regulatory frameworks.
- Requirements Management: Proven experience in managing complex risk-related requirements across large-scale transformation programs.
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, especially in risk data and metrics.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for both technical and business audiences.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Experience working with Risk, Trading, Finance, and Technology teams.
- Methodologies: Agile/Scrum experience preferred.
- Tools: Proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, and process modelling tools.
- Preferred Skills and Experience
- Technical Acumen: Basic understanding of SQL, data warehousing, and risk system architecture.
- Certifications: CFA, FRM, or other relevant risk/finance certifications.
- Project Management: Exposure to PM principles or certifications (eg, PMP, Prince2).
- Data Visualisation: Experience with Tableau, Power BI for risk dashboards and reporting.
- If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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