Head of Financial Risk

Job Description

Exciting role, Head of Financial Risk, well known Financial Services firm in Dublin.This is an excellent organisation with a very flexible environment.

Morgan McKinley is currently recruiting for a Head of Financial Risk for a highly reputable financial services company within the Dublin area. This organisation offers flexible working arrangements and prides itself on culture and strong development internally.

Key Responsibilities

• Accomplish department objectives by managing staff; planning and evaluating department activities.
• Calculate and Monitor the monthly Risk Appetite measures
• Producing regular data reporting and analysis to the Central Bank of Ireland
• Strengthen the Solvency II Internal model and Risk Appetite data related and methodology ensuring that they appropriately reflect all aspects of the hedge program.
• Play a key role in the ongoing development and enhancement of the firm's market risk policy ensuring best practice at all times and alignment to the strategic and commercial direction of the group
• Interact with IT for the development of new streamlined reporting solutions.
• Research, interpret and communicate developments in market and regulatory standards for derivative pricing and risk measurement methodologies

Skills and Experience

• Significant knowledge of financial market instruments
• Knowledge of saving products and insurance related risks.
• Experience in Variable Annuities would be advantageous
• Understanding of capital, profit and value measures and drivers
• Very good usage of programming languages (VBA preferred)
• Third level qualification, finance, mathematics, actuarial or economics

Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.

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