Risk and P&L Technical Business Analyst

6 month contract - Inside IR35 - Investment Banking

50% London office travel required

Global Markets (GM) IT Risk and P&L con

sist of approximately 400 people spread between London, Paris, New York, India and Asia, developing software to support systems for Risk, P&L and Financial Resources data for Global Markets.

Within GM IT Risk and P&L development, the Presto Services team are responsible for business-focused services that use risk and P&L data to deliver functionality for Flow Rates and Credit traders. The role sits at the intersection of risk analytics, trading desk requirements and software delivery, requiring strong quantitative insight, data driven problem solving and the ability to translate those insights into clear functional specifications for development teams.

Primo3 Decom

Primo3 is a fat client that provides FX Exposure, Risk-based Explain and Stepped Explain for Flow Macro traders. It is being replaced by Picto/Presto with the functionality in a set of service owned by the team.

* Understand the detail of the risk and P&L implementation within Primo3 by working with dev, APS and analytics teams

* Produce and maintain artefacts such as functional specifications, user stories and test plans.

* Help to investigate numerical breaks and understand the functional changes needed to resolve these

* Work across the full set of systems to understand how static data, batch configuration and functional implementation result in correct risk and P&L for trading

* Contribute to validation and sign-off for deliveries ahead of a production release.

Technical BA & Analytics

* Perform deep dive numerical investigations on risk sensitive metrics

* Create reproducible analytical notebooks (Python / Jupyter) or spreadsheets that demonstrate how key risk and P&L numbers are derived.

* Validate model generated results against source data and production system outputs, flagging any discrepancies.

BAU Enhancements

* Provide occasional BAU assistance for the Credit, Flow‑Rates and Repo‑Financing desks, including minor enhancements and defect resolution.

* Collaborate with the GM IT Risk development teams to prioritise and schedule BAU tickets accordingly.

Risk BA Support Rota

* Participate in the Risk BA Support rota (≈ 1 week every 2 months).

* Respond to user queries about the GM IT Risk platform or pass onto relevant APS/IT teams.

* Capture new functional requirements and flag upcoming project opportunities.

Cross‑Functional & Governance

* Ensure compliance with internal risk‑management policies and external regulatory standards.

* Contribute to continuous‑improvement initiatives (process optimisation, documentation standards).

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.