Job Description
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Trade Surveillance Product Owner/Senior Business Analyst (12 FTC)
Join a dynamic team within our Risk Management Group's Enterprise Support Division, responsible for ensuring Risk Surveillance systems, models, and coverage meet the risk requirements of Macquarie Business Groups. This is a 12-months Fixed term contract role.
As a Trade Surveillance (TS) Product Owner within the Product and Capability Team you will be reporting to the Principal Product Owner - Trade who is responsible for ensuring the Risk Surveillance system coverage and capabilities remain fit for purpose to meet regulatory requirements and internal risk assessments.
You will act as a Product Lead within an agile environment and provide direction to aligned Technology squad by continuously defining and prioritising TS requirements in consultation with business surveillance teams.
In this role, you will:
- Manage and maintain a prioritised backlog ensuring surveillance leads, business stakeholders and program teams are fully informed of the strategic TS product roadmap and BoW
- Perform continuous near-term road-mapping and constant scope triage to ensure that the TS program remains on track and continues to reflect regulatory and business needs
- Ensure that business stakeholders, business owners and program teams are fully informed of the vision, strategic road map and progress at all times.
- Support BAU production across TS vendor and internal model solutions
- Support the onboarding of new internal and external datasets used by Risk Surveillance
- Liaise with vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure detection models and scenarios remain appropriate to meet changing business risk profiles
- Develop use cases, shape solutions and participate in testing activities where required.
You will have:
- Good knowledge of financial markets products (Commodities, FX, Fixed Income, Equities and Derivatives)
- Good understanding of key regulations impacting surveillance within a banking environment (e.g. MiFID, MAR, GDPR etc.)
- Worked in an agile environment in the context of risk management within the Financial Services industry.
- Prior experience in driving technology squads and managing multiple stakeholders across all levels
- Prior experience in roadmap planning & prioritisation and understanding how to balance tactical and strategic work to deliver the maximum business value
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of the role of compliance within the banking and financial services industry
- Possess strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Be self-directed, with the ability to proactively identify and analyse problems, and propose viable solutions
- Have good organisation skills with the ability to work towards and meet deadlines
- Good judgement and possess strong business analytical and investigative skills
About the Risk Management Group
The Risk Management Group (RMG) is an independent, centralised unit responsible for ensuring all risk across Macquarie are appropriately assessed and managed. Its divisions include Behavioural Risk, Compliance, Credit, Financial Crime Risk, Internal Audit, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Regulatory Affairs and Aggregate Risk, and RMG Enterprise Support.
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The diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths. An inclusive and equitable workplace enables us to embrace that diversity to deliver more innovative and sustainable solutions for our people, clients, shareholders and communities. At Macquarie, you'll be encouraged to be yourself and supported to perform at your best. If you're inspired to deliver on our purpose of ‘empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future’, we want you on our team. If you need adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter.
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Joining Macquarie means you’ll be able to work in a way that suits you best. With the right technology, support and resources, our people can work in a range of flexible ways. Talk to us about what working arrangements would help you thrive.
A career at Macquarie means you’ll have the opportunity to develop and utilise new skills, explore interesting fields and do challenging work that will impact the lives of people around the world—whether it’s accelerating the green energy transition, helping sustain global food supplies, financing social housing projects or investing in essential infrastructure. At Macquarie, we’re empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future.
Our size and international presence means your work can take you anywhere—across business groups, disciplines, sectors and borders. With 18,000+ employees and offices in 33 markets around the world, we’re a truly global organisation.
You’ll be supported by a diverse team where the unique perspectives, ideas and experiences that all of our people bring are valued. You’ll be empowered to address unmet needs in our communities whilst advising and investing alongside our clients and partners. Working with us, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference.
Macquarie is a global financial group providing clients with asset management, retail and business banking, wealth management, leasing and asset financing, market access, commodity trading, renewables development, specialist advisory, capital raising and principal investment.
Job no: RMG-970811
Work type: Fixed term
Location: London
Category: Mid-level, Risk Management
Group: Risk Management Group
Division: RMG Enterprise Support
Recruiter: Richard Dyson
Opening Date: 24/1/2023