Job Description

Business Divisions

Investment Bank

Your role

Are you a shrewd evaluator of risk? Do you know how to make the right call in challenging situations? Do you have experience with electronic trading, market structure, and execution controls? We\'re looking for someone like that who can:

• evaluate risk relating to electronic trading (ET), in particular around market impact and prevention of disorderly trading
• oversee / supervise front-office execution controls, including the appropriateness of controls, limit thresholds, processes and procedures
• evolve the ET control framework, and the associated global programs
• coordinate and present at supervisory and governance forums/committees
• support the Equities and Fixed Income businesses, working closely with diverse parties including the ET business, ET COO team, Technology, Compliance and other Control Functions to enhance risk management across electronic trading
• perform real-time monitoring of warnings, alerts and alarms associated with certain execution controls
• assist in the investigation and response to electronic trading issues, internal reviews and regulatory inquiries and exams

Function Category

Business management, administration and support, Risk, Sales and trading

Join us

At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it\'s our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we\'re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

Your team

You\'ll be a member of the UK-based Independent Risk Function and will interface with various stakeholders, including electronic trading, COO, technology and control functions across the Global Market business. You will provide electronic trading subject matter expertise to various teams and risk oversight for the electronic trading businesses, and be actively involved in improving the execution risk control framework

Your expertise

• ideally 3+ years in Electronic Trading, IT or Quant experience at an investment bank or asset manager
• familiarity with equities and fixed income markets regulation, electronic trading concepts and risks

an understanding of market structure and its influence on control effectiveness

• proven experience in working with complex datasets and delivering small technical projects
• the ability to prioritize and work effectively in a rapidly changing environment and to proactively anticipate, identify, prevent and resolve problems
• extremely driven with a strong desire to deliver results despite challenges and constraints
• reliable when working independently, with sound judgment for when to escalate issues
• able to apply a technical understanding to data in order solve for complex problems
• quickly adaptable to changing market situations, technology and business needs
• python, Tableau or KDB skills would be very beneficial
• regulatory/control-driven remedial program experience
• prior experience in a similar risk management role within an Investment Bank or similar
• strong knowledge of electronic trading regulatory landscape.
• strong knowledge of Algorithm model governance management practices in UBS will be a plus

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About us

UBS is the world\'s largest and only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.

With more than 70,000 employees, we have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

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