Senior Risk Specialist, Office of Risk - New York, NY or Washington, DC Job Listing at FINRA in New York, NY

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FINRA is seeking a well-qualified individual for our Senior Risk Specialist opening in our New York, NY or Washington, DC office. To be considered for this position, please submit your resume through our career site at www.finra.org/careers - no phone calls, please.
 
Job Summary:

• Actively support the development of an ongoing process to identify risks and define both quantitative and qualitative measurement methods.


• Assist in the design, development, enhancement, and implementation of key risk management operations for the regulatory operations units.


• Support the Identification of the data required to support risk measurement methods and approaches and help to articulate a prioritized data acquisition strategy.


• Actively support the production of robust risk based analytics, models and tools across multiple dimensions of interest to FINRA regulatory operations units.


• Design and deliver actionable risk intelligence for internal consumers of risk analytics working with large volumes of data.


• Actively support communication and engagements with regulatory operations units, government agencies, other self-regulatory organizations, and exchanges.

Essential Job Functions: 

• Support the comprehensive and successful execution of the office's key risk programs in an efficient and effective manner.


• Define logic to drive risk modeling efforts across a number of dimensions and continually assess the quality of risk models, scenarios, and related output.


• Demonstrate proficiency in risk management by the identification of new risk drivers in support of the overall risk framework and FINRA's strategic objectives.


• Use business process improvement frameworks and methodologies (such as Lean and Six Sigma tools) for documentation and analysis of complex business processes.


• Provide thought leadership in, and keep current with, new and industry standard risk monitoring and surveillance techniques.


• Lead and participate in risk management and mitigation special projects in direct support of regulatory operations units. Participate in, support, and lead national strategic and tactical initiatives as requested by management.


• Support management and others to inform internal and external constituents on overall program vision, strategy, operations, processes, and implementation status.


• Assert critical leadership qualities to motivate self and team members to achieve results. Effectively lead teams, work effectively on teams, and encourage teamwork. Effectively communicate with team members and other staff. Help develop and maintain a positive and supportive work environment and culture.


• Engage team members and management to identify issues and problems and to devise solutions. Includes working with other groups to develop risk scores, profiles, peer comparisons, financial performance, exposures against limits, and other risk analyses.


• Coach and mentor less experienced analysts to enhance development and to ensure consistent achievement of established standards.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in economics, finance, business, management sciences, or risk management and a minimum of seven years of directly related compliance or risk management experience is required.
• Graduate or advanced degree is highly desirable.
• Advanced knowledge of data analytic tools and techniques related to risk measurement and management.
• Advanced knowledge of SQL or SAS or comparable language and an ability to analyze large volumes of data quickly and efficiently.
• Must have strong financial and risk analytical skills and have some experience in operations and risk modeling fields.
• Experience using project management tools to drive results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective leadership and team skills, including the ability to deal effectively

Working Conditions:

• Work is normally performed in an office environment.
• Some travel is required.

The information provided above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work of the position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required.
 
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