CommBank

Senior Manager, Market Risk Modelling

Sydney CBD Area Full time
  • You are analytically minded, curious about financial markets, and motivated by solving complex problems that influence real trading and balance‑sheet decisions.

  • We are a specialist analytics and modelling team within Group Treasury, supporting CIO Trading Desks with robust market risk models and high‑quality insights.

  • Together we can strengthen the Group’s market risk capability by delivering trusted models and analysis that support sound risk management and sustainable financial performance.

 

Do what matters

The Chief Investment Office (CIO) within Group Treasury manages the non-traded market risk of the Group, including the interest rate, foreign exchange and credit spread risks associated with the Group's lending and deposit taking business, and investment of the Group's liquid assets and

shareholder funds.

 

See yourself in the team

The CIO Analytics and Modelling team provides analytical and modelling support for the CIO Trading Desks as well as design, development and maintenance of Group Treasury’s market risk models including Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book (IRRBB) and Standardised Initial Margin (SIMM) models.

 

CBA is Australia’s leading banking institution. Its large balance sheet means extensive scope for

improvements in CBA’s profitability by providing timely insights and analysis.

 

As a Senior Manager- Market Risk Modelling, you will assist in the design and implementation of the Group’s market risk models and develop analytical infrastructure to assist in trading strategy development for the CIO.

 

Key Responsibilities

A feature of the role is that it offers a great degree of exposures to financial markets activities. Whilst the position will focus on the implementation of the Group’s market model framework, your overall responsibilities will be aligned to the wider financial performance of CIO and Group Treasury. The role also facilitates broader interaction with other teams within Treasury (including Treasury Liquidity Management and Group Funding) and the wider Group. Some of the key responsibilities are:

  • Assist with the development, testing and governance of interest rate risk in the banking bank (APS

  • 117) and initial margin (CPS 226) models

  • Lead the testing of development releases for IRRBB

  • Develop Excel/VBA/Python tools to support in the reporting and analysis of IRRBB

  • Develop tools and perform analysis to support the financial performance of the CIO trading desks

  • Implement continuous process improvements and productivity gains

  • Continually develop relationships with relevant business units across the organisation

  • Adhere to CBA’s Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct sets the standards of behavior, actions and decisions we expect from our people.

We are interested in hearing from people who have:

  • Excellent understanding of financial markets and financial products

  • Proven financial modelling skills

  • Demonstrated analytical and numeracy skills

  • Independent thought and critical thinking

  • Proven track-record of presenting complex financial concepts to a wider audience

  • Good Python, VBA and SQL skills required

 

Additional skills that will be highly regarded are:

  • Experience with QRM highly regarded

  • Prior experience with APS117 and Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book highly regarded

  • Prior experience with SIMM/CPS226 highly regarded ·

  • Higher tertiary education, with suitable finance, maths, actuarial or economics qualifications

 

If this role sounds like you – Apply now!

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