Front Office FX Prime Brokerage Risk Manager

United Kingdom Prime brokerage, Risk Investment Bank

Job Reference #

275689BR

City

London

Job Type

Full Time

Your role

We’re looking for a Risk Manager to:

• Manage counterpart and liquidity exposures for the EMEA Prime Brokerage client base with a focus on FX markets, ensuring that clients are maintained within appetite
• Manage any distressed client situations liaising directly with the Client, Credit Risk Control, Senior Management and other stakeholders to minimise the risk of loss to UBS
• Ongoing monitoring of client exposures, significant market events and key industry developments such as SIMM or Basel IV
• Assessment of new client portfolios and negotiation of legal and margin terms
• Review of client profitability and understanding key drivers of LRD and RWA
• Monitoring of client trading limits and intraday activity / alerts
• Development of new margin and risk models
• Provide transparent risk reporting to management and other internal stakeholders

Your team

You’ll be working as part of the Financing Pricing and Risk Management team in London, and be expected to partner with our colleagues across Global Markets.

We provide risk analyses, structuring and pricing solutions across the Equity Prime Brokerage, FX Prime Brokerage, Global Synthetic Equity, Listed Derivative Clearing and OTC Clearing business areas.

The team is global with people also based in Zurich, New York and Hong Kong. This benefits our continued, sustainable growth in partnership with our clients and you will play an important role in developing the first-line team with a focus on Equity Prime Brokerage activities.

Diversity helps us grow, together. That’s why we are committed to fostering and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. It strengthens our business and brings value to our clients.

Your expertise

• A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience working within financial markets with a focus on FX, Rates, Credit markets and derivative products in a risk management capacity, trading or in a role with considerable exposure to this business area
• Broad product knowledge of derivatives. Able to understand, quantify and summarise key risks for forwards, swaps and option contracts
• Fluency in main financial risk management models, such as stress testing and Value at Risk
• Highly organised, hands-on and proactive, capable of distilling vast amounts of qualitative information into a quantitative framework to support decision making
• Strong IT skills and systems experience with some coding knowledge and regular use of Python, VBA, SQL or C++
• Desirable experience / areas of interest: market design, game theory, financial markets regulation
• Bachelor, Master degree or equivalent in a quantitative area such as Mathematics, Computer Science or Engineering

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About us

UBS is the world’s largest and only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.

With more than 70,000 employees, we have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

Join us

At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

Disclaimer / Policy Statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.