Td Bank Market Risk Specialist Canada, Ontario, Toronto 377365613
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Job Description:
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Market Risk, the Market Risk Specialist’s accountabilities include:
- As a senior member of the Market Risk team, provide effective market risk oversight of the xVA desk.
- Develop a strong independent view of current market conditions, the market risk of the desk's positions, as well as xVA methodology.
- Maintain close contact with TDS Front Office, including business heads and senior traders regarding trading strategies, market conditions, risk positions, liquidity, profit and loss, and new initiatives.
- Work closely with the team to promote collaboration and to provide insight and education with respect to the trading businesses.
- Develop market risk policy for the relevant trading business with the objective of providing effective market risk oversight. Design stress tests and scenarios that highlight key market risks.
- Maintain an understanding of the regulatory landscape related to risk reporting and xVA (e.g., CVA Capital and FRTB) and provide data analysis to facilitate discussion with Trading Desk.
- Analyze new product requests to ensure that market risks are well understood and that appropriate market risk limits and controls are established.
- Effectively communicate risk issues to all levels of the Risk Management organization, other control groups and the front office.
- Provide coaching and mentorship within Market Risk team.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum of five years of market risk or trading experience
- Deep capital markets knowledge with expertise in market risk and control functions covering derivatives,sales/trading/hedgingstrategies with a particular focus on XVA and CCR.
- Solid understanding of risk measurement concepts and methodologies including VaR, FRTB, SA-CVA, Stress Testing etc. coupled with an understanding of broader regulatory and financial concepts.
- Excellent interpersonal, team building and leadership skills.
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or other relevant discipline.
- Ability to thrive within an environment with a high level of complexity and ambiguity. Keen interest in learning and a high level of curiosity regarding financial markets and products.
- Organizational awareness and demonstrated relationship building skills, with a superior ability to make things happen through the use of positive influence.
- Advanced critical thinking, analytical and problem solving skills.
- Skillful written and verbal communication skills.
- A high level of integrity, earning the respect and trust of peer groups.
- CFA or FRM candidates preferred.
- Self-motivated and willing to take ownership and initiative with a positive attitude.
Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.
If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.
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