Market Risk Officer

Job Description

Welcome to NatixisAt Natixis, we create tailor-made solutions in Asset & Wealth management, Corporate and Investment banking, Insurance, and payments, with over 12,000 staff members in 35 countries.At Natixis, you have a great opportunity to join an entrepreneurial, agile and growing organisation, and to be part of an inspiring team. We offer a competitive remuneration package and generous total reward package and as an inclusive employer, we are alsoopen to considering flexible working arrangements. We continuously work to create an environment that promotes diversity and inclusion in all its forms, across gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity and background. We believe thiscreates equal opportunities for our employees - and better outcomes for our clients and communities.We are committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruitment process. Learn more Data quality, repositories and sandbox monitoringMain missions are:Sandbox monitoring

• Ensuring at any point in time, for Market Risk ecosystem, the appropriate exhaustive, consistent and up-to-date vision of its bounds. This includes in particular monitoring of the IMA/SA perimeters, the list of portfolios falling in the Trading book andthe Banking book, the scope of responsibilities of Market Risk with regards to its various duties (monitoring of risks, P&L production/certification, scope of application of existing SLAs - notably BPCE; CC production and analysis, etc).
• Maintaining the Methodological guide defining all risk indicators as well as centralising the official list of risk factors as defined in FRTB (including the list of MRF/NMRFs)
• Defining, centralising and analysing the outputs from Risk Monitoring and Liquidity & Advisory Group on the Trading/Banking frontier. This includes the qualitative monitoring and reporting of the IRT desk(s), and liaising with the Financial Division onthis matter.

Repositories

• Administration of all repositories for which Market Risk leads the governance
• Liaising with the Data Office for the global follow up of repositories
• Definition and monitoring of all stakeholders, feeders and clients interactions on the related repositories
• Production and reporting of the data quality KPIs defined on the related repositories
• Liaising with London Marpl team members for the Book Manager/Book transfer workflow
• Piloting the feeding process and mapping updates for the core Market Risk repositories (MDM, Risk Factors, Risk Sensitivities, Susanoo, etc)
• Overseeing the updates of the IMA/SA, TB/BB, SRAB/Volker/FRTB Desks cartographies in Market Risks referentials

Data quality

• Operating the data quality control of BOP ("Base des Oprations")
• Responsible for the methodology and the consistency of the data quality control applied on Market Riskscope
• Performance monitoring for data quality and data availability through relevant KPIs
• Communication related to data quality and controls that are still to be implemented or to necessary amendments
• Contributing to the bi-monthlyData Qualitycommittees
• Ensuring the data quality related CPN1 controls for the department and follow up of the action plan associated

EconometricsMain missions include

• the review of the Risk factors used for the VaR computations;
• various production (daily/weekly/monthly) processes in the context of the MC VaR, Historical VaR, RIM and related controls, updates and reportings;
• ensuring Market Risk Factors relevance and efficiency in terms of Market Risk analysis with appropriate reporting and alerts;
• the review of Risk Factors for CVA VaR and RIM computations;
• the reports / proposals to the Risk Factor Committee:
  • the validation of new risk factors, along with prioritizing topics and expected studies;
  • the review of existing risk factors, their approval / amendment or deletion;
  • the follow up of previous approved resolutions and due documentation
  • the review of various studies in connection with risk factors

Independent Price VerificationMarket dataMain mission is to ensure that market data controls are:

• effective (control rules are customized and performed dynamically),
• automated (implemented in "MDM" and "You Price") and
• documented (data is certified, auditable and procedures available).

Static data

• Creation: set up instruments (bonds, equities, options, futures, EMTN),
• Amendment, parameterization, corporate actions monitoring: keep data up-to-date all along its trading cycle, keep instruments up-to-date, verify cash-flows and schedules in FO tools based on settlements (match the flows received/paid by BackOffice),
• Manage market data structures / containers in FO tools,
• Market data parameters like fixings, pool factors,
• Other information like calendars or linking instrument to third parties

Dynamic data

• Collect and feed market data to FO calculation systems,
• Control and validate market data on a regular basis,
• Report relevant information about market data (including escalation if necessary),
• Amend or update market data if necessary,
• Follow up coverage of market data.

Valuation & Observability

• Guaranteeing the marking and the complete review of parameters implied from Totem prices consensus or other market prices and defining the guidelines and best practices for the exposures to be covered,
• Overseeing the completeness of the valuation processes (exposures vs pay-offs and models and associated risks, completeness of the Observability / Fair Value framework -P&L attribution, reserves, AVA; and quality of marking - IPV, observability);
• Taking part in the implementation of the regulatory requirements accordingly to the valuations methodologies (xVA, Prudent Valuation, IFRS9, FRTB) monitored by ERM;
• Participating to ensuring adequacy of the valuation framework: governance, respect of the applicable Policies, procedures and escalation processes.
• Contributing to the New Product New Activity Committee for any related matters in connection with the Risk Monitoring Teams.

TransverseContribute to important transverse duties at the Data Piloting Center level including: The