Our client, a leading financial institution, is seeking a Risk Analyst II to join their dynamic Market Risk and Counterparty Analytics team. This is a six-month contract position with the possibility of extension, offering an excellent opportunity to gain experience in counterparty credit risk within a major bank. The successful candidate will work in a hybrid model at the client’s downtown Toronto office, with two in-office days per week. The team fosters an inclusive and welcoming culture, with significant stakeholder interaction across various business units.
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Advantages
-Opportunity to gain valuable experience in risk analysis at a major financial institution.
-Inclusive and welcoming team culture.
-Hybrid work model (two days in-office per week, including a designated anchor day on Thursdays).
-Exposure to high-level stakeholder interaction across multiple business functions, including credit risk management, audit, and technology teams.
-Hands-on experience with counterparty credit risk, credit excess investigations, and financial product assessments.
Responsibilities
Investigate and escalate credit excesses at the facility level to manage counterparty credit risk.
Accurately measure, analyze, and report risk exposures, ensuring compliance with established counterparty limits.
-Monitor and report risk exposure violations, ensuring timely escalation of production issues.
-Maintain proper documentation for late or missing reports and process metrics.
-Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and business support.
-Execute infrastructure changes related to new or revised policies and processes.
-Ensure internal control processes meet governance standards and risk management best practices.
-Collaborate closely with front office traders, Credit Risk Management (CRM), Global Markets Credit (GMC), audit, and technology teams.
-Conduct ad-hoc analyses of specific risk metrics, exposures, and transactions as needed.
-Maintain a solid understanding of financial derivatives and their risk implications.
Qualifications
-Relevant post-secondary education in Finance, Economics, or a related field.
-2 to 4 years of experience in risk analysis, counterparty credit risk, or a similar role.
-Strong investigative and analytical skills.
-Knowledge of financial products, including derivatives and fixed income instruments.
-Experience working with risk-related investigations and stakeholder management.
-Ability to take ownership of tasks and work independently.
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
-Proficiency in Excel, with additional technical skills in SQL, VBA, or Python considered an asset.
-Postgraduate degrees or certifications such as CFA or MBA are a plus.
Summary
This position provides an exciting opportunity to gain experience in counterparty credit risk management within a major bank. The successful candidate will be responsible for analyzing, reporting, and monitoring risk exposures while working closely with various stakeholders. With a hybrid work model and a collaborative team environment, this role offers both professional growth and hands-on exposure to complex risk management processes. If you have strong analytical skills and experience in counterparty credit risk, we encourage you to apply.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Our client, a leading financial institution, is seeking a Risk Analyst II to join their dynamic Market Risk and Counterparty Analytics team. This is a six-month contract position with the possibility of extension, offering an excellent opportunity to gain experience in counterparty credit risk within a major bank. The successful candidate will work in a hybrid model at the client’s downtown Toronto office, with two in-office days per week. The team fosters an inclusive and welcoming culture, with significant stakeholder interaction across various business units.
Advantages
-Opportunity to gain valuable experience in risk analysis at a major financial institution.
-Inclusive and welcoming team culture.
-Hybrid work model (two days in-office per week, including a designated anchor day on Thursdays).
-Exposure to high-level stakeholder interaction across multiple business functions, including credit risk management, audit, and technology teams.
-Hands-on experience with counterparty credit risk, credit excess investigations, and financial product assessments.
Responsibilities
Investigate and escalate credit excesses at the facility level to manage counterparty credit risk.
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Accurately measure, analyze, and report risk exposures, ensuring compliance with established counterparty limits.
-Monitor and report risk exposure violations, ensuring timely escalation of production issues.
-Maintain proper documentation for late or missing reports and process metrics.
-Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and business support.
-Execute infrastructure changes related to new or revised policies and processes.
-Ensure internal control processes meet governance standards and risk management best practices.
-Collaborate closely with front office traders, Credit Risk Management (CRM), Global Markets Credit (GMC), audit, and technology teams.
-Conduct ad-hoc analyses of specific risk metrics, exposures, and transactions as needed.
-Maintain a solid understanding of financial derivatives and their risk implications.
Qualifications
-Relevant post-secondary education in Finance, Economics, or a related field.
-2 to 4 years of experience in risk analysis, counterparty credit risk, or a similar role.
-Strong investigative and analytical skills.
-Knowledge of financial products, including derivatives and fixed income instruments.
-Experience working with risk-related investigations and stakeholder management.
-Ability to take ownership of tasks and work independently.
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
-Proficiency in Excel, with additional technical skills in SQL, VBA, or Python considered an asset.
-Postgraduate degrees or certifications such as CFA or MBA are a plus.
Summary
This position provides an exciting opportunity to gain experience in counterparty credit risk management within a major bank. The successful candidate will be responsible for analyzing, reporting, and monitoring risk exposures while working closely with various stakeholders. With a hybrid work model and a collaborative team environment, this role offers both professional growth and hands-on exposure to complex risk management processes. If you have strong analytical skills and experience in counterparty credit risk, we encourage you to apply.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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