Capital Stress Testing Risk Manager

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Job Description

Team Description

The Enterprise Risk team is part of the Risk Management Department and is responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining the Loss absorbing Tangible Equity (LTE) framework, which is Jefferies Group's internal economic capital. This includes the development, maintenance and execution of economic capital models which feed into the Firm's internal capital assessment. Capital models cover market risk, issuer risk, counterparty risk, settlement risk, operational risk, business risk;
• Undertaking entity-wide stress testing and scenario analysis and supporting the stress testing infrastructure of the wider Jefferies Group across risk disciplines;
• Assessing Group's Portfolio risk across business lines, implemented through the enhancement of top down / firm-wide reporting and key metrics with focus on concentrations and diversification;
• The implementation and maintenance of the Risk Management Framework, Stress Testing Framework, Risk Appetite Framework (including risk appetite definition and calibration), Country Risk Framework, Business Model Analysis, and Risk Strategy and Governance of Jefferies Group;
• The development and maintenance of a Risk Taxonomy across financial and non-financial risks covering all Group's activities and business lines.

Position

The successful candidate will be a member of the Enterprise Risk team. The role requires the applicant to support the Loss absorbing Tangible Equity (LTE) framework, which includes the development and maintenance of internal economic capital models, the automation of reports and calculations, and the review and submission of LTE reports to internal stakeholders. LTE supports the Firm's internal assessment of capital adequacy as well as the allocation of risk capital across business lines and divisions.

Primary responsibilities

The successful candidate's responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the development and maintenance of Groupwide internal economic capital models covering market risk, issuer jump to default risk, credit counterparty risk, settlement risk, operational risk, business risk; interest rate risk in the banking book.
• Contributing to the automation of the production of LTE metrics at different levels of the Firm. This will include identification and resolution of data gaps, write up of technical specs for IT automation, and coding for improving the efficiency and speed of reports production.
• Developing and maintaining methodologies for allocating capital across business lines, divisions and legal entities.
• Executing the LTE capital models and reviewing LTE metrics, before submission to internal stakeholders as part of ongoing reporting.
• Obtaining the buy-in of business / front office stakeholders and senior management around the capital methodologies used, their calibration and the allocation mechanisms.

Requirements

The following skills and experience are required for this role:

• Educated to degree level;
• At least 5 years of experience in the financial services industry working on similar projects and strong understanding of risk management frameworks;
• Developed, maintained and/or executed one or several of the following components: economic capital models; stress testing and scenario analysis; capital planning and allocation; regulatory capital assessments.
• Analytical and numerate, comfortable managing financial data and MI, with strong excel / coding skills (Python / VBA preferred);
• Knowledge of best industry practices and regulatory guidelines / benchmarks related to economic capital and/or regulatory capital;
• Good knowledge of investment banking business models, of capital market products, and of financial products including fixed income and equity (cash and derivatives);
• Good written and oral communication / presentation skills;
• A team player, comfortable working in a dynamic and evolving environment;
• Ability to work independently and assume responsibility for project deliverables.

Location of work

This role is based in London and will be office-based or flexible working with a blend of home and office, subject to Jefferies operational requirements.

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About Us

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (''Jefferies,'' ''we,'' ''us'' or ''our'') is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.

All employees must follow Jefferies' COVID-19 protocol policy, which is subject to change.