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The Bloomberg Financial Solutions department of 5,000+ employees is at the forefront of ensuring success for our customers and employees alike. Our team comprises several key pillars: sales, service, operations, culture and brand. As a department, we are united by a common goal: We create meaningful relationships with clients by understanding their needs and delivering exceptional end-to-end support from sales and implementation, through their ongoing relationship with Bloomberg.
Risk Implementation Specialist
Risk implementation team provides our clients exceptional service in scoping, deployment, and integration of our solutions within the framework of their existing businesses. Today, Risk Implementations handle multi-asset risk products, which include MARS Front Office Risk, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Counterparty Risk, Hedge accounting and Collateral management. For Multi-Asset Risk System (MARS) and Portfolio & Risk Analytics (PORT) products, we partner with Sales and Account Management throughout the sales process to guarantee the solution is a fit for our client's needs. We also work with the client, our Product and Engineering teams to ensure the client has an efficient and exceptional onboarding experience.
What's the role?
Risk Implementation team is responsible for:
Working with Sales to analyze a client's workflow, gather client requirements, identify gaps, and propose the optimal solution - this will include scoping the workflow, presenting it back to the client and communicating requirements to Product teams where we need product developmentProject managing the implementation of any sale aligning with our standard procedures, and working with our US client base to customize our products to fulfil the client's requirements to exacting timelinesOnboarding of clients on the particular risk module from bringing positions into Bloomberg, helping clients to understand the risk analytics and generating risk reportsEnsuring the risk analytics and workflow are set up to client's expectationsDefining procedures for the implementation of any new productsEnsuring our new clients are setup to extract the maximum benefit from the productsWorking with Product teams on implementation-related new build to ensure we deliver in line with our commitmentsIdentifying opportunities to expand the product franchise within the client once the implementation has completed
We'll trust you to:
Own each assigned complex and strategic engagement, acting as the primary day-to-day project management point person working across multiple internal groups and external vendors, driving tasks through to completion within tight deadlinesDrive transparency and consistency through clear communication and production of engagement-specific documentationKeep up to date with the latest market reforms and our latest product releases, and continue to challenge yourself in finding out how our various offerings can resolve client needsHave a strong understanding of all the asset classes that the various Bloomberg solutions can support and the markets that are in your regionGood understanding of financial modelling with regards to cross-asset financial instruments, including fixed income, equities, OTC and exotic derivativesTraining clients on use of the different risk products and Bloomberg pricers across different asset classesBuild a network internally in order to be able to maximize the knowledge resource at your disposal.
You'll need to have:
Minimum 5 years of experience in Risk financial services or a Financial Technology organization including project Management experience in or for Buy-Side or Sell-Side financial institutionsExperience implementing Risk and portfolio analytics solutions such as such as Value At Risk (VaR), Fundamental Review Trading Book (FRTB), Standard Initial Margin Model (SIMM), and counterparty risk (XVA)Working knowledge in some or all Asset classes including; cash bonds, mortgages and cash structure products. Derivatives experience is must across various Asset classesProven experience scoping engagements, gathering requirements, and defining complex workflowsProven experience in both independent and collaborative working environments in a fast-moving businessDemonstrated history of solving complex problems with a keen eye for detail and a meticulous level of precisionDemonstrated continuous career growth within an organizationExcellent presentation and communication skills in English
We'd love to see:
Prior experience in Sales or Account Management in the Buy-Side or Sell-Side industryPrior experience in portfolio analyticsLocal language skills (based on region, ex: Japanese )Programming background to be able to handle API projectsAdvanced Microsoft Excel / Power BI / Tableau skills / PythonBachelors or Master's degree, CFA, FRM or a MSc in Financial Engineering is a plusKnowledge of the collateral management process
What's It Like To Work Here:
We work hard. We are ambitious and set ourselves tough business goals. We are a meritocracy where everyone has a voice - not a job title. Working with people you trust, respect, and can collaborate with is more important than titles or position. Things move fast, and we want people who will enjoy working in this environment and feed off the energy. But it isn't all about work. Giving back is one of our core values, and there are many ways to get involved in philanthropic initiatives from helping local school kids with their reading to helping clean up local parks and waterways.
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Does This Sound Like You?
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know that the next steps are.
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