Job Description
Some careers have more impact than others.
If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be.
HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 62 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.
We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Assistant Vice President - Decision Science
Principal responsibilities
- Develop and enhance risk models using real world data. The model could be an existing or a new model. Understand the features, assumptions and limitations of the model, propose a validation approach, identify target market data for the purposes of validation and undertake the validation within agreed time lines.
- The market risk models may include Value-at-Risk (VaR), Stressed VaR, Risk Not In VaR (RNIV), Stress Testing, Economic Capital, Incremental Risk Charge (IRC), Fundamental Review of Trading Book (FRTB)
- Participate in adhoc projects as they arise from time to time and provide any information relating to in a prompt and coherent fashion.
- Suggest improvements to the existing frameworks with a view to automate systems and help implement agreed changes
- Identify areas for efficiency improvements, automation and enhanced controls in existing processes. Document proposed changes and agree with the on-shore process team prior to implementation. Document all process changes and improvements to reflect the latest process
- Being able to clearly explain model details to other areas of the bank in non-technical language, and assisting in the on-going usage of these models in a day-to-day risk management setting, e.g. helping to explain significant model value changes
