Risk Project Manager
Posted 1 day ago by Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Limited on CVLibrary
£726 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
City of London, London
Summary: The role of Credit & Market Risk Project Manager involves leading a risk workstream for a major integration project within a leading global financial institution. The position requires a strong background in credit and market risk, focusing on end of day risk processes and regulatory requirements. The successful candidate will engage with various risk managers and senior stakeholders to design and implement a new target operating model. This contract role is expected to last up to two years, with an initial requirement for two days onsite per week due to office refurbishments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the risk workstream, delivering requirements and collaborating with other business units.
- Engage with credit, market, enterprise, and liquidity risk managers to gather and document requirements.
- Work with business analysts and technology teams to ensure successful project delivery.
- Report and provide status updates to senior executives, including the EMEA CIO and CRO.
- Support the portfolio manager with governance and delivery across the portfolio.
- Identify and resolve project issues, risks, and concerns swiftly.
- Manage third-party vendors in line with procurement and vendor management policies.
- Recruit and manage project delivery staff as needed.
- Ensure project steering committees are kept informed and escalate risks/issues appropriately.
Key Skills:
- Proven track record of delivering credit and market risk change projects within financial institutions.
- Demonstrable experience in investment budget management, project governance, and full project lifecycle management.
- Experience working with risk managers across credit, market, enterprise, and liquidity risk.
- Hands-on experience with end of day risk processes and regulatory projects (e.g., FRTB, BCBS).
- Strong understanding of how trade, counterparty, and reference data feed into risk systems.
- Ability to document processes, gather requirements, and translate them for business analysts and technology teams.
- Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting to and working with senior executives.
- Strong knowledge of banking regulations and financial products.
- Experience managing multiple stakeholders and building relationships across diverse business functions.
Salary (Rate): £726.43
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance