Financial Risk Specialist Valuation

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The role is part of the Financial Risk/Trading Risk Management (TRM) department. The department comprises a large team of market risk product control valuation and counterparty credit risk managers & analysts with expertise in the risk management of financial markets.

Team Overview

The vacancy is in the TRM/Centralization Valuation & Product Control team which amongst others is the centre of expertise for valuation and product control topics within the bank. It is an international team with an informal and open atmosphere with team members working across Amsterdam and London all working together with a strong delivery focus. The team is responsible for setting/designing the valuation framework and implementation in terms of fair and prudent valuation. The team is currently being extended with the intention to deliver the Valuation Program. After (or in parallel to) the delivery of the program the team will become responsible for the BAU management of the newly designed processes/activities.

Roles and responsibilities

The role is focused on delivering valuation regulatory and accounting requirements across different regional hubs. You will be involved in a variety of topics related to valuation risks (mostly for trading but also for banking books) to deliver the Valuation Program which aims to address new regulatory requirements and higher model risk management expectations in this area. The key focus over the next few years will be on valuation (re)developments where you will play a key role in the design development implementation testing and roll out to production of IFRS and Prudent Valuation (AVA) related enhancements across several asset classes.

As part of the Valuation Program you will be critical supporting the team to ensure the successful and timely delivery of one or multiple workstreams in the project which will be aligned to committed regulatory & internal deadlines. A high-level overview of these workstreams is presented below:

• Designing implementing and maintaining a compliant fair and prudent valuation framework and governance for all Fair Value books.

• Designing and implementing the framework to assess the observability accuracy and uncertainty of market data used as input in valuation activities as well as monitoring and analysing the results from these assessments and propose different market data sources when required.

• Development implementation and roll-out of IPV & Valuation Adjustment models (such as market price uncertainty close-out costs concentrated positions future administrative costs etc) as well as ensuring appropriate model risk management for these models in line with internal and regulatory requirements.

• Development implementation and roll-out of other fair valuation related activities such as Fair Value Hierarchy Day One P&L or new product initiatives where valuation modelling requirements/implications should be addressed and followed up.

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To succeed in the delivery of these workstreams you will need:

• Flexibility in the way and scope of working as all workstreams in the Valuation Program are strongly interrelated and scope prioritizations might change based on delivery deadlines and other dependencies.

• Build relationships and work together with multiple stakeholders such as Front Office Finance Risk Product Controllers IT Development & Validation Quants and market data providers for successful delivery and implementation of re-developed processes/models ensuring that newly designed methodologies and models are appropriate and their impacts are well understood and agreed.

• Engagement/follow up with regulators auditors and the industry on valuation related items.

• Ability to work with large data sets and systems in an environment where data & processes are largely fragmented and manually managed.

• Ensure operational excellence of valuation processes maximising automation possibilities to provide a robust and compliant operational valuation framework including delivering IT specifications to implement strategic solutions.

Rewards and benefits
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The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A gross salary between 3.67897 and 7.08863

• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract

• Pension scheme

• 13th month salary

• 8% Holiday payment

• Hybrid working

• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities

• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

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