Market Risk Senior Associate

DTCC • Jersey City, NJ

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Fosters a culture where honesty and transparency are expected.
• Stays current on changes in his/her own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up to date.
• Invests effort to individually coach others.
• Builds collaborative teams across the organization.
• Communicates openly keeping everyone across the organization informed.

Nice To Haves

• Market Risk for Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) and National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) is responsible for the monitoring of daily margin calculation and managing market and liquidity risk exposures arising from trade execution and settlement activities in the clearing corporations and the depository.
• Responsibilities also include driving new business initiatives, overseeing risk systems design and continuous enhancements, compliance with Risk Management policies and procedures.
• Responsible for understanding of margining methodologies, keen understanding of financial markets and client profiles, and effectively collaborate with other DTCC teams to identify, analyze, and mitigate potential risks and safeguard financial market in which DTCC plays a pivotal role.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and evaluate change in member’s market risk exposures, liquidity needs and settlement obligations and provide solutions to mitigate exposures in timely manner.
• Monitor market conditions and economic trends to anticipate potential risks and their potential impact on members’ margin requirements.
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures, identifying and escalating emerging risks, and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
• Perform day to day functions contained in the procedures such as researching significant increases in margin requirements, tracking trading patterns of member firms, liquidity usage, etc.
• Develop a strong understanding of clients’ business and risk profiles to serve as a point of contact for risk related support and inquiries.
• Collaborates with cross functional teams including Counterparty Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Operations, Quantitative Risk, Relationship Management to bolster risk management practices.
• Educate clients on risk management tools and initiatives.
• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree