We are now seeking a motivated Junior Analyst to join our client's Market Risk Control team within the banking sector in Helsinki. This is a rare and highly regarded opportunity to gain hands-on experience in market risk management. Your enthusiasm for data analysis, risk assessment, and financial instruments, coupled with your initiative and excellent communication skills, will be key to your success. Read more below and apply today!

City: Helsinki

Job Category: Finance / Law / Purchase

Extent: Full time, 6kk

Start date: Mid-August 2024

Type of work: Staffing

Other: Possibility to work remote

About the role

As a Junior Analyst, you will play a crucial role in controlling and monitoring trading and banking book risks. You will be involved in daily risk management tasks covering a wide variety of financial products. Your day will be divided between performing routine risk assessment tasks and engaging in development projects. You will prepare risk analysis for stakeholders, committees, and regulators, and support the development and enhancement of risk processes. Your ability to communicate findings to stakeholders and ensure data accuracy will be essential to your role.

You are offered

-A valuable opportunity to gain work experience in a global organization
-An inspiring and supportive team
-Hybrid work (3 days at the office a week)

Work tasks

-Daily control and reporting of market risks across the trading and banking book
-Preparing risk analysis for stakeholders, committees, and regulators
-Providing relevant market risk reporting for trading desks, service desks, and trading management
-Building new and maintaining existing risk processes using tools like SQL, VBA, and Python
-Cooperating with stakeholders from front office, back office, and IT teams

We are looking for

-Relevant educational background in IT, finance, economics, mathematics/statistics, sciences, or engineering
-Prior experience working with Python and SQL
-Fluency in English, spoken and written
-Strong interest in market risk management and financial instruments
-Understanding of financial instruments like bonds and equity
-Interest in operating within financial markets, middle office, and risk management
-Interest in understanding market risk models and market risk dimensions stemming from approved products, market dynamics, and the business models

It is meritorious if you have

-Prior work experience in similar tasks
-Knowledge of Value at Risk (VaR) and Interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB)
-Knowledge can be gained through education, experience or self-taught.

To succeed in the role, your personal skills are:

-An analytical and curious mindset
-An independent work approach and ability to take responsibility
-A problem-solver mentality and excellent communication skills

A credit information check will be carried out for the chosen candidate.

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client's wish that all questions regarding the position is directed to Academic Work.

Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase. The process includes two tests: one personality test and one cognitive test. The tests are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to enable equality, diversity, and a fair process.