Risk Analyst II
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Contract Period: 4 months with potential to extend or convert Pay Rate: Starting form $36 per hour Location: Toronto, ON Location Type: Hybrid Business Hours: Monday-Friday, Core business hours · Contract
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- Contract Period: 4 months with potential to extend or convert Pay Rate: Starting form $36 per hour Location: Toronto, ON Location Type: Hybrid Business Hours: Monday-Friday, Core business hours
- Job type
- Contract
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- Experience
- 1-3 years of experience in capital markets, collateral management, or risk
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Our client is a top financial institution with significant North American holdings. They have operations across most major verticals, including institutional & corporate, wealth management, private clients, commercial banking, treasury, and retail banking.
Introduction:
Robertson is seeking a skilled Risk Analyst II Strong talent advisor to join our client in support of an existing vacancy.
Contract Period: 4 months with potential to extend or convert
Pay Rate: Starting form $36 per hour
Location: Toronto, ON
Location Type: Hybrid
Business Hours: Monday-Friday, Core business hours
Job Responsibilities:
Background screening is required as part of the onboarding process. The type of screening required (criminal, credit, or other verifications) will vary based on the position and client requirements.
We use AI technology as part of our application review process to assist with screening and assessment. All applications are also reviewed by our recruitment team.
Introduction:
Robertson is seeking a skilled Risk Analyst II Strong talent advisor to join our client in support of an existing vacancy.
Contract Period: 4 months with potential to extend or convert
Pay Rate: Starting form $36 per hour
Location: Toronto, ON
Location Type: Hybrid
Business Hours: Monday-Friday, Core business hours
Job Responsibilities:
- Monitor and analyze collateral exposures across OTC derivatives and secured financing portfolios
- Investigate valuation discrepancies and margin disputes for variation margin and initial margin
- Track and manage disputes to timely resolution, ensuring appropriate documentation and audit trail
- Prepare daily, monthly, and ad hoc reports (e.g., exposure dashboards, policy monitoring, dispute reports)
- Act as key point of contact for internal stakeholders (Front Office, Credit Risk, Legal, Operations)
- Collaborate cross-functionally to resolve issues and improve processes
- Drive process enhancements to improve automation, accuracy, and control effectiveness
- Solid understanding of derivatives, repo/securities financing, and collateral management concepts
- Familiarity with valuation drivers, margin methodologies (e.g., SIMM), and risk frameworks
- Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret data and identify issues
- Finance degree required
- 1-3 years of experience in capital markets, collateral management, or risk
- Strong understanding of financial markets, derivatives, or securities financing products
- Familiarity with margining concepts, valuation drivers, and counterparty credit risk
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to engage effectively with cross-functional stakeholders
- Ability to investigate issues, perform root cause analysis, and provide clear, concise conclusions
- Proficiency in Excel
- Experience working with large datasets and performing data analysis
- Experience with Python or other coding languages is considered an asset
- Familiarity with SIMM framework, Initial Margin, or regulatory margin requirements is considered an asset
- CFA, FRM, or progress toward a professional risk/finance designation is an asset
Background screening is required as part of the onboarding process. The type of screening required (criminal, credit, or other verifications) will vary based on the position and client requirements.
We use AI technology as part of our application review process to assist with screening and assessment. All applications are also reviewed by our recruitment team.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Monitor collateral exposures across derivatives and secured financing portfolios, investigate valuation discrepancies and margin disputes, and manage disputes through timely resolution with appropriate documentation. Prepare exposure and monitoring reports, coordinate with internal stakeholders, and improve automation, accuracy, and control effectiveness.
Requirements
A finance degree and 1–3 years of experience in capital markets, collateral management, or risk are required, along with knowledge of financial markets, derivatives or securities financing, margining, valuation, and counterparty credit risk. Strong communication, analytical, Excel, and large-dataset analysis skills are required; Python, SIMM knowledge, and progress toward a CFA, FRM, or similar designation are assets.
Skills
- Collateral Management
- Derivatives
- Securities Financing
- Risk Analysis
- Margin Dispute Resolution
- Initial Margin
- Variation Margin
- SIMM
- Counterparty Credit Risk
- Valuation Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Root Cause Analysis
- Excel
- Python
- Reporting
- Stakeholder Communication
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- Capital Markets
- Collateral Management
- Over-The-Counter Derivatives
- Secured Financing
- Repo
- Securities Financing
- Variation Margin
- Initial Margin
- SIMM
- Counterparty Credit Risk
- Valuation Drivers
- Margin Methodologies
- Regulatory Margin Requirements
- Exposure Dashboards
- Policy Monitoring
- Dispute Management
- Root Cause Analysis
- Process Automation
- Control Effectiveness
- Excel
- Python
- Large Datasets
- Data Analysis
- CFA
- FRM