Financial Risk Specialist

You will be part of the team that provides market risk support to the Equity Derivatives trading desk in Amsterdam. The team is part of the Financial Risk Trading Risk Management (FR TRM) department.  FR TRM is a global department within ING CRO domain, responsible for product control and market risk management activities of the FM trading activities.

The core activities of the team are measuring and analysing the day-to-day Profit and Loss (P&L) generated by the trading desk and monitoring and advising on the market risk exposures that are taken in the trading books. The team works closely with the Front Office and colleagues in other locations, such as London, where the Product Owner (PO) is based for the Equity Derivatives asset class.

Roles and responsibilities

The key responsibilities for the role are:

• Producing a timely and accurate daily P&L and risk report with analysis as necessary, by providing pro-active advice to aid business management.

• Able to provide in depth commentary that explains P&L in terms of risk factors and gives context to the evolution of market risk exposures in the trading book and demonstrate an understanding of markets developments.

• Monitoring, analysing, and reporting the organisation’s market risk exposure on a day-to-day and long-term basis for the Equity Derivatives desk.

• Closely follow market developments and analyse both the realised and potential impact on the trading portfolio.

• Monitoring trading limits and reviewing transactions over the established limits.

• Participating in monthly desk reviews with Front Office, on limit consumption, limit review and pro-active risk management topics.

• Reporting quality improvements and liaising with other business and support areas to resolve issues.

• Supporting the stress testing framework development (historical, hypothetical, and reverse stress testing) for the Equity Derivatives asset class

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

A colleague with a talent for taking it on and making it happen, enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and a knack for always being a step ahead. In other words, you strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are a naturally collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

As a Financial Risk officer, you will also need:

• Master’s degree, preferably in Maths, Engineering, Finance, Economics

• At least 3+ years market risk experience

• Strong financial product knowledge and a sound mathematical background

• To be a good communicator with attention to detail and able to summarise.

• To be a team player that can work with cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams.

• To be able to understand the business perspective of key projects for Front Office

• To have a flexible approach to role and responsibilities

• To be fluent in English

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Comfortable working with complex technical processes and analysis of large data

• Good communicator with attention to detail, pro-active, autonomous as well as ability to summarise.

• Strong team player with ability to work successfully with cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams.

• Programming experience (VBA, Python, SQL)

Rewards and benefits

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions at http://www.ing.jobs/netherlands/Why-ING/benefits.htm 

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience

• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract

• Pension scheme

• 13th month salary

• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary

• 8% Holiday payment

• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation

• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities

• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

About us

With 60,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries, there is no shortage of opportunities for people with initiative who want to help people take a step ahead in life and in business. Do you want to work at the cutting edge of what’s possible and at the same time ensure you work with integrity and hold the customer’s interests at heart? Do you want to be surrounded by progressive, inspiring, diverse and supportive colleagues? Then there is no better place to invest your talents than at ING. Join us. Apply today.

Questions?

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Please note, multiple interview steps involving various business stakeholders will be part of the selection process.