Deutsche Bank

Market Risk Manager - Vice President

Deutsche Bank$125K — $222K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in market risk management or trading roles, preferably in equity options
  • Strong background in markets with a focus on risk management
  • Ability to challenge pricing and hedging strategies effectively
  • Familiarity with securitized products is advantageous
  • Proven ability to work independently on projects and build relationships across departments

Responsibilities

  • Set Risk Appetites for business units and communicate risk strategies to traders
  • Monitor limit utilizations and communicate risk exposures to front office and senior management
  • Analyze market risk metrics like VaR and provide advice on hedging strategies
  • Preapprove equity financing transactions and conduct pretrade analysis
  • Support quarterly and annual capital reporting requirements
  • Apply internal and external governance policies effectively

Benefits

  • Access to physical, emotional, and financial wellness benefits
  • Programs that support work-life balance
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • A workplace culture focused on collaboration and shared success
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Job Title Market Risk Manager

Corporate Title Vice President

Location New York, NY

Overview

The position is within Market Risk Management, which is responsible for managing trading and fair value banking book risk for a breath of primary and secondary credit and equity businesses including Credit/Equity Trading, Origination, Financing, as well as Residential Mortgage-Backed Security (RMBS), Securitization, Commercial Real Estate (CRE) within Deutsche Bank.

Market Risk Management (MRM) carries out this responsibility independently providing a comprehensive view of market risks to Senior Management. The professional will ensure that Business units of the Bank optimize the risk-reward relationship and do not expose the firm to unacceptable losses. We are looking for a Self-motivated professional who can work well in a fast-paced environment, collaborating within a team, and interacting with traders, quants, research, etc. on a daily basis. Prior experience with cash and derivative equity and/or fixed income products is preferred.

What You'll Do
  • Set appropriate Risk Appetites for each business level and sit with the traders, communicate risk strategies and monitor and manage risk real time on a daily basis
  • Monitor intraday and daily limit utilizations, evaluate limit frameworks, and communicate risk exposure and breaches to front office as well as senior risk management
  • Analyze key market risk metrics including Value at Risk (VaR), Stress Test, Risk Weighted Assets (RWA), and advise business on effective hedging strategies
  • Preapprove equity financing transactions such as call spreads, collars, margin loans, and accelerated share repurchases ahead of desk bidding, including pretrade analysis and approval recommendations for on-risk block trades
  • Support Comprehensive Capital Analysis Review (CCAR) quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reporting requirements. Evaluate portfolio capital efficiencies and identify positions with material Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) and stress utilizations
  • Ensure internal and external governance policies are being effectively applied

How You'll Lead
  • Market Risk Management: highlighting key risks and new important trades/products and escalating emerging risks, concentrated positions, and any risk position that is particularly vulnerable to plausible stress scenarios or current market conditions
  • Front Office: challenging the desk on the aforementioned set of risks and work cooperatively to allow the growth of the Business within the Firm risk appetite
  • Portfolio and Stress Testing team working together with these teams to ensure the key risk positions of the Business covered are well represented in their aggregated metrics

Skills You'll Need
  • Moderate experience in market risk management, either as a second line (market risk) or as a first line (trading, structuring) of defense, ideally covering an Equity options business. Experience in roles such as valuation will be considered, if the candidate can show a great understanding of the market risks arising from trading positions
  • Strong experience in markets-related roles with an emphasis on market risk management
  • Expectation to challenge the pricing and hedging strategies for equity financing transactions and/or block trades
  • Having an understanding/experience covering Securitized products is also a plus
  • Ability to run projects independently and build strong relationships across the Bank


Skills That Will Help You Excel
  • Experience in Market Risk Management, ideally in covering an equity business (incl derivatives)
  • Familiarity with current regulatory initiatives such as Fundamental Review of Trading Book (FRTB), Volcker, stress testing
  • Experience in assessing, quantifying and implementing appropriate portfolio stress tests
  • High standards of integrity and a commitment to 'doing the right thing'
  • Team player with great communication skills


Expectations

It is the Bank's expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the New York office in accordance with the Bank's hybrid working model.

The salary range for this position in New York City is $125,000 to $222,500. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate's skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications. Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.

Deutsche Bank Benefits

At Deutsche Bank, we recognize that our benefit programs have a profound impact on our colleagues. That's why we are focused on providing benefits and perks that enable our colleagues to live authentically and be their whole selves, at every stage of life. We provide access to physical, emotional, and financial wellness benefits that allow our colleagues to stay financially secure and strike balance between work and home. Click here to learn more!

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We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

About Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank AG is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. The bank is operational in 58 countries with a large presence in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. As of 2021, Deutsche Bank is the 21st largest bank in the world by total assets. The bank offers financial products and services for corporate and institutional clients along with private and business clients. Its services include sales, trading, research, and origination of debt and equity; mergers and acquisitions (M&A); risk management products, such as derivatives, corporate finance, wealth management, retail banking, fund management, and transaction banking.
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