Вакансия Senior Consultant, Financial Risk Management

Financial Risk Management Group is providing consulting and advisory services in the areas of financial risk modeling, development of risk management strategies, processes, governance structures and reporting as well as valuation of financial instruments for our clients, mainly, in financial sector.

Description of tasks:

• Advanced position in the Financial Risk Management team, part of KPMG's Advisory practice
• Responsible for delivering small projects (1-2 people) or project modules within larger projects for our clients, overseen by manager (in some cases also partner or director)
• Leading, coaching and training junior staff on and off projects
• Managing relationship and interacting with counterparties at the client site
• Contributing to the business development activities, such as development of service propositions, support of proposal activities, contribution to thought leadership pieces etc.
• Active involvement in training, knowledge development activities etc.
• Direct reporting to unit's managers / directors and Head of FRM for CIS

Requirements to the candidate

Professional Background:

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience in financial risk management obtained at banks, consulting firms with focus on financial services, or other companies in the financial services field
• Knowledge of credit risk measurement and management approaches; good practical experience in at least one of the fields of credit risk management (e.g. retail, corporate or financial institutions)
• Good understanding of bank organization and structure, bank governance processes, front - to -back processes (in particular, credit processes) and the role of risk management within a bank
• Knowledge of Basel II/III regulations as well as financial reporting (especially IFRS 9) is highly beneficial, as well as experience with leading Western and Ukrainians banks
• Good understanding of relevant Ukrainian banking regulations
• Optional: Experience in project work and in coordinating and communicating with senior management and business heads

  Soft Skills

• Strong communication and social skills, project management skills
• Proficient analytical skills and ability to structure a problem
• High motivation, creativity and team player attitudes
• Good business judgment and pragmatism
• Ability to work independently
• Experience in leading more junior team members

  Educational background:

• Bachelor and/or Master degree in a quantitative field (Mathematics, Physics, Quantitative Finance, or similar degree) or in Economics/Business Administration from a leading university
• Optional: PhD or MBA in one of those fields or studying in a Western university is a plus
• Optional: Additional certificates like CFA, FRM, PRM, PMP is a plus

  Language skills:

• Fluent in English (written and verbal)
• Fluent in Ukrainian (written and verbal)
• Fluent in Russian (written and verbal)

  Additional skills/requirements (desirable):

• Good skills in MS Office (esp. PowerPoint, Excel and Word)
• Good skills in statistical software (e.g. SAS, R) or alternatively a common programming language; knowledge of SQL is a plus
• Readiness to travel (if necessary, dependent on project needs)