Head of Financial Risk Analytics

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom S&P Global Full time

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 15
Head of Financial Risk Analytics - Credit Risk Solutions

**Responsibilities & Impact**:
This individual is an experienced Business Leader and General Manager, comfortable leading and inspiring a global organisation of circa 100 individuals. Proficient navigating matrixed structures across regions, they bring a proven ability to communicate product roadmap, strategy, and insights to Sales and Tech teams, fostering close collaboration to drive commercial growth.

Brings deep expertise in Financial Risk, with a proven track record of envisioning strategic pathways for business growth. This is an opportunity to take the business from a $30 million entity to the $50-100 million range and beyond.
An emotionally intelligent leader, dedicated to cultivating cohesion within the leadership team and ensuring an engaged organization. Comfortable overseeing product teams, in addition to coordinating with sales and technology teams assigned to Financial Risk & Analytics (FRA) on a project basis.

**What We're Looking For**:Role Requirements**:
Markets Expertise
Practitioner experience in Traded Markets within sell-side firms across all major asset classes from Trading and Risk Control / Management
Demonstratable experience encompassing a comprehensive understanding of the latest Market Risk, Counterparty Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Regulatory Risk, and XVA

Buyside Expertise
Practitioner experience in buy-side firms (Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Pension Funds), specializing in Financial Instruments and Equity Long-Short Funds, with a preference for Risk
Desirable portfolio management understanding
Experience in consulting with global regulators and interpreting Regulatory Technical Standards and consultation proposals

Functional Understanding
Seasoned product management/development experience, including an understanding of agile and SDLC, and proficiency in productivity tools such as Kanban, GitHub, Aha, etc.
Strong commercial acumen (experience as a Chief Operating Officer is desirable), and comfort with structuring and negotiating legal commercial frameworks of SoWs, subscriptions, and software licensing with customers from both the sell side and buy side
Experience in strategic vendor sourcing and partnerships
Background working at a leading Risk product/consultancy vendor would be advantageous
Understanding of model validation, model specification and white paper reviews would be desirable
Good understanding of the latest big data and cloud technology capabilities and trends
Expert project/programme/change management experience
Experience in managing P&L business and Opex with finance partners, including review and challenge
Excels in people management, leading teams of Quants, Financial Engineers, Risk Product Specialists, Product Development, and Customer Onboarding/Integration
Implementation experience of large-scale transformation projects and programmes for investment banks and buy-side firms
Experience in business development support and planning, including GTM planning with Sales and Marketing partners
Trusted advisor to Chief Risk Officers, Chief Information Officers, and Chief Operating Officers in both the sell-side and buy-side, preferably as a practitioner in a Risk consultancy or within Risk in the sell-side or buy-side
Comfortable with thought leadership production and public speaking engagements as an accepted industry expert on Financial Risk and Analytics

About S&P Global Market Intelligence

At S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.

What’s In It For You?

**Our Purpose**:
Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

**Our People**:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

**Our Values**:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start

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