Head of Risk Technology

at  Trafigura

Main Purpose:
As the Head of Risk Technology you will drive our risk infrastructure servicing the market, credit and liquidity risk functions. Currently, we employ a combination of in-house and third-party systems, with development traditionally managed by IT. The strategy is shifting towards establishing a dedicated risk technology group, led by this role, to interact more effectively with group IT functions and collaborate closely with the business.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Computer Science, or a related field. Advanced degrees in similar fields are a plus.

Strong technology background

• Lead a team of quantitative developers coding C++, Python, R, Matlab
• Work within a big data framework using Apache components (Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, Kafka etc)
• Extensive familiarity with AWS ecosystem or other cloud providers (e.g., Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience with containerization and git-ops for efficient software delivery

Management skills:

• Demonstrable experience leading large-scale IT projects and global teams
• Expertise in integrating various in-house components at different maturity stages.
• Strong commercial acumen with diverse stakeholders including C-suite.
• Proficient in Agile project and team management techniques.

Competencies:

• Hands-on, resilient, effective in a highly entrepreneurial and fast-paced trading environment.
• Proven ability to transform delivery cadence and implement engineering best practices to enhance software development processes

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 5-10 quantitative developers in building applications, databases, interfaces, reports and models.
• Collaborate closely with quantitative teams and Heads of Risk for each vertical.
• Develop a more sophisticated risk management technology offering that is closely aligned with business needs.
• Build a best-in-class function to integrate internal and external data, creating a unique competitive edge and leveraging flexible data architectures.

Key Relationships and Department Overview:
Reporting Structure
Reporting directly to the Chief Risk Officer
Key Relationships
Key interactions with Market risk, Credit risk, Liquidity risk, Trading It, Traders

• Lead a team of 5-10 quantitative developers in building applications, databases, interfaces, reports and models.
• Collaborate closely with quantitative teams and Heads of Risk for each vertical.
• Develop a more sophisticated risk management technology offering that is closely aligned with business needs.
• Build a best-in-class function to integrate internal and external data, creating a unique competitive edge and leveraging flexible data architectures