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Permanent

Risk Director, IT Strategy

London
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Job Purpose

ICE Clear Europe’s Clearing Risk Department (CRD) is looking for a Risk Director to focus on developing, managing and delivering the IT Strategy for the organisation.The successful candidate will join the 1st Line Risk team in ICE Clear Europe and work closely with local business facing technology teams as well as the central Technology and Quants teams based in Atlanta to deliver tailored risk solutions to the CRD team. The wider team you are joining is responsible for risk managing a wide range of futures and option products across multiple asset classes, in one of the largest clearinghouses in the world. Fast paced, enthusiastic, self-motivated and ambitious, you will have the ability to work on your own initiative, manage your own workload and meet project targets - and a track record to back this up.Responsibilities

Help define the IT Strategy for the CRD business, build consensus with technology partners, and manage key strategic deliveries for the businessWork with the Atlanta Technology Team to migrate key services to the central Risk Platform, with the strategic aim that London produces specific end-user analytical tooling and reporting over these servicesWork with the local BI Tableau team to migrate core reporting to this infrastructureWork closely with Risk Managers and Product owners to ensure that application solutions meet the business needs, with frequent agile releases to end usersWork with the existing London team to create, maintain and support existing End User Developed Applications (EUDA); support is ordinarily limited to office hoursCreate new Rapid Application Development (RAD) tooling for front line Risk Management, building reliable applications which will be used to manage emerging Member and Client RisksDevelop across the technology stack; the team is currently working in Python and SQLWork across the local technology and business team to improve agile delivery and constantly find improvements to SDLCKnowledge and Experience

Proven development skills in Python and SQL at a similar organization, with a minimum of 4 years of commercial development experience as part of an agile teamAbility to build and develop technology consensus across multiple teams, ensuring short and long term goals are aligned and delivered againstExperience with trading, clearing, fund management or a related industry highly preferredUnderstanding of iterative development methodologies such as Agile or KanbanAble to work in geographically spread teams, building strong relationships with colleagues in different locationsConfident in understanding business processes and analytics, and able to translate requirements into solid, testable technical solutionsAbility to work in a fast paced and challenging environment where business demands rightly change due to market moves or regulatory needsData management experience obtained in a Financial Organisation or Consultancy working in Finance, where you have experience in embedding the importance of data modelling and management within the culture of an organization would be desirableKnowledge and experience of delivery solutions in Javascript would be beneficialProven organizational skills with strong commitment to customer service and product deliveryPrior experience of risk systems is desirable, with an understanding of risk management concepts including one or more of back testing, stress testing, VaR, risk metrics or default managementKnowledge of financial derivatives products across multiple asset classes would be beneficialExceptional written and verbal communication skills. Excellent analytical skillsDetail oriented, results-driven and ..... full job details .....

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