Risk Manager, Counterparty Credit Risk
RBC Capital
Job Description
What is the opportunity?
Counterparty Credit Risk Data Management is responsible for ensuring the infrastructure accurately reflects RBC’s risk appetite and legal agreements on credit mitigation. This will involve a range of complexity from low-touch automated data to exceedingly complex client and agreement structures for which you will engage multiple groups to investigations and propose mapping solutions.
Timely and accurate mapping of client credit data contributes to successful measurement of credit risk exposures and capital requirements, as well as and pre-trading pricing, compliance and availability checks performed by the front office traders.
What will you do?
- Conduct timely and thorough investigations around complex client reference data – primarily in relation to OTC derivative clients and their associated credit hierarchies, limit structures, and collateral and netting agreement terms.
- Engage various functions within CCR and across Capital Markets to provide subject matter expertise in support of new or evolving processes or client structures.
- Work with a team of risk managers to carrying out accurate, timely, and efficient management of critical credit limit and trading agreement data to support all trading activities on the RBC Capital Markets and RBC IS platforms. Significant data sets include:
- 130,000+ counterparty and issuer credit limits in RBC trading limit systems
- Key collateral and margin agreement information related to over 15,000 derivative agreements in the collateral system
- Credit and Settlement netting records for all OTC derivative, FX, and Continuously Linked Settlements agreements.
- Conducting efficient analysis of large data sets for ad hoc reporting to management and stakeholders.
- Identifying and escalating system infrastructure issues to appropriate support teams and management as needed and identifying opportunities to improve process efficiencies either through development or the use of other technical tools.
What do you need to succeed?
Must-have
- Undergraduate degree, preferably in Finance or Business
- 2-4 years’ experience in a capital markets risk, control or data management function
- Experience in database/data management and analysis
- Strong PC skills, particularly Microsoft office,
- Strong writing, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in fast paced dynamic environment with changing priorities
- High standards for accuracy and efficiency.
Nice-to-have
- Understanding of credit management including limit adjudication and credit mitigation strategies (i.e., collateral, guarantees, etc.)
- Experience working with SQL, VBA, and Python
What’s in it for you?
We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
A world-class training program in financial services
Flexible work/life balance options
Opportunities to do challenging work
Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
Opportunities to building close relationships with clients
Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies
Job Skills
Ad Hoc Reporting, Business Data Analysis, Capital Markets, Collateral Management, Communication, Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR), Credit Analysis, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Database Queries, Data Visualization, Decision Making, Financial Risk, Process Efficiencies, Quantitative Methods, Reference Data, Risk ManagementAdditional Job Details
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