Vice President; Risk Management Sr. Specialist

Bank of America Bank of America · Banking · New York, NY

This role is for a Vice President in Risk Management at Bank of America. The primary responsibilities involve developing research and analysis techniques for financial risks, establishing independent analytic capabilities, partnering with Treasury on scenarios and sensitivity analysis, analyzing drivers of financial risks, and developing capital Risk-Weighted Assets calculators using Python and SQL. The role also involves supporting technology initiatives and leveraging Python platforms for risk analysis. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 2 years of experience in finance or a related occupation are required, with specific experience in clearing confidentiality agreements, reviewing M&A transactions, assisting with disclosure memos, managing client releases, reviewing negative news for reputational risk, and preparing deal-related reports.

What you'd actually do

  1. Developing research and analysis techniques for a forward-looking view of financial risks in coordination with the EFR managers, including participating in 2nd line risk assessments and working groups with Treasury (to understand financial risk drivers).
  2. Establishing independent analytic capabilities to help address MRIA, MRA and auditing issues effectively.
  3. Partnering with Treasury to develop ad hoc management scenarios and sensitivity analysis of liquidity, interest rate, and capital risks; including developing sensitivity tools and monitoring.
  4. Analyzing underlying drivers of financial risks through both actual and modelled stress flows of liquidity, capital, and NII.
  5. Developing capital Risk-Weighted Assets calculators using Python and SQL.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Accounting, Economics, Finance or related
  • 2 years of experience in the job offered or a related Finance occupation
  • Clearing confidentiality agreements related to investment banking transactions
  • Reviewing certain capital markets and M&A transactions for potential conflicts of interest and business selection purposes
  • Assisting in the preparation of disclosure memos provided to clients in certain M&A deals
  • Working with the legal department to seek needed releases and consents from clients to manage conflicts appropriately
  • Reviewing negative news and background reports on clients for potential reputational risk concerns
  • Preparing various reports pertaining to deal metrics, deals cleared and deal updates for senior management
  • Python
  • SQL

Nice to have

  • Quartz platform

What the JD emphasized

  • 2 years of experience in the job offered or a related Finance occupation
  • Must include 2 years of experience in each of the following: Clearing confidentiality agreements related to investment banking transactions; Reviewing certain capital markets and M&A transactions for potential conflicts of interest and business selection purposes; Assisting in the preparation of disclosure memos provided to clients in certain M&A deals; Working with the legal department to seek needed releases and consents from clients to manage conflicts appropriately; Reviewing negative news and background reports on clients for potential reputational risk concerns; and, Preparing various reports pertaining to deal metrics, deals cleared and deal updates for senior management.