Associate, Valuation Controller

Firmwide Risk Reporting and Middle Office (RRMO), a group within Corporate Risk Management, produces internal and external reporting and analysis used to manage risk through changing market conditions, supports regulatory requirements regarding Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting, and executes controls to measure the quality of risk data.

The Wholesale Credit Risk Reporting team (WCRR) is responsible for providing complete, timely, accurate, and useful data on the credit risk generated by the Firm’s wholesale lines of businesses. WCRR’s key stakeholders include the Firmwide Chief Risk Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Wholesale Chief Credit Risk Officer, senior Credit Risk Management, Investor Relations, SEC Reporting, Finance, and Regulatory Reporting.

WCRR is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual for this analytical role that requires the ability to have a conceptual conversation with our stakeholders and turn that into a high quality end-product. The right candidate must understand and challenge the numbers and be able to tell the story behind them.

Job Summary

As an Associate, Valuation Controller within the Wholesale Credit Risk Reporting team, you will perform portfolio analysis of the firm’s Wholesale Credit Risk exposure, assist in the production of monthly credit risk data, contribute to the development and standardization of Risk Reporting, challenge the numbers, and improve the overall control environment for WCRR

Job responsibilities

• Perform portfolio analysis of the firm’s Wholesale Credit Risk exposure in support of monthly and quarterly reporting to senior risk management including, but not limited to, Leveraged Finance, Industry Concentrations, and Pending Commitments
• Assist in the production of monthly credit risk data, analytics, and commentary used for quarterly CFO earnings preparation, Investor presentations, and SEC 10Q/10K reporting
• Contribute to the development and standardization of Risk Reporting across lines of business (e.g. Corporate and Investment Bank, Commercial Banking, and Asset and Wealth Management)
• Challenge the numbers – investigate, document, and resolve new and existing data quality issues
• Improve the overall control environment for WCRR by developing new controls, automating existing manual processes, and improving the team’s documentation

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of experience in risk and/or financial reporting; candidates with less experience may be considered for this position if skillset and objectives align with the team
• Understanding of credit risk (i.e. traditional credit products and counterparty risk)
• Understanding of the Firm’s credit risk systems (iCRD, CRRT, SELM)
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and Business Objects
• Excellent interpersonal skills needed for working within a team environment as well as communicating across departments