Liquidity Associate/Consultant
Liquidity Associate/Consultants work in the Liquidity Practice group, assisting a wide range of clients with the application of QRM’s risk management methods and models, focusing on issues in liquidity risk management. Key areas of focus include liquidity stress-testing, funding management, collateral management, balance sheet forecasting and optimization, and regulatory-compliance reporting.
The role features a balance of team-based and individual assignments, many of which provide Liquidity Associates/Consultants the opportunity to explore specific areas of interest.
Here is how to apply:
- Visit http://www.qrm.com/careers/careers.htm.
- Click the resume submission link.
- Fill out all required fields.
- Select Yes when responding to the question, “Did you find this position through a job ad?”
- Choose LA/C as the Job Code.
- Attach your resume and cover letter and click Submit.
Skill Set
Liquidity Associates/Consultants are expected to solve problems quickly and to effectively communicate solutions to a wide audience, including senior risk managers, actuaries, traders, and internally to other members of the QRM organization.
Qualified candidates will possess:
- Excellent analytical thinking, critical evaluation, problem solving, and written and oral communication skills
- Strong computer knowledge, particularly with respect to databases and spreadsheets
- Technical knowledge of SQL, SSIS, and OLAP is a significant plus, though not required
- The ability to thrive in a loosely structured, entrepreneurial environment
- An outstanding academic record
Background/Experience
QRM will consider candidates with an academic background or employment history that demonstrates an interest in finance, economics, actuarial science, and/or accounting. While job experience is desirable, we continually work with employees to develop their skills. Specifically, we are looking for candidates who possess the following:
- A quantitative educational background, undergraduate or graduate. A degree in economics, finance, actuarial science, engineering, mathematics, or physics is preferred
- Experience in liquidity risk management; liquidity-related treasury activities, including execution-side activities; and/or supporting liquidity regulatory reporting
- Experience in financial modeling, interest-rate risk management, investment analysis, trading, banking, and/or life insurance
- Experience with market research, requirements-gathering, design assistance, quality assurance, documentation, and training for product management or support
Responsibilities include the following:
- Responding to client queries concerning liquidity risk exposure analysis, financial modeling, and validation of liquidity risk management strategies
- Supporting clients’ liquidity risk management processes via remote connection and with occasional travel to client sites for working sessions
- Interacting with the Product Development and Management groups to design and test new modeling capabilities
- Producing the necessary materials for prospective client demonstrations, including RFPs/RFIs