Our client, a prestigious strategy consulting firm, is seeking an accomplished credit risk and economic capital professional to join their risk management practice as an engagement manager. This practice helps clients understand and proactively manage risks across their organization, aiming to both improve earnings performance and lower earnings volatility. They work with clients to develop and implement practical tools and sustainable processes that enable more informed strategic risk management decisions, improved risk mitigation, and increased transparency. Projects range from comprehensive risk assessments, which are designed to identify risk exposures and risk drivers across the organization to linking risk-adjusted performance metrics (i.e., earnings at risk, value at risk, economic capital) with key strategic decision making processes (i.e., budget planning, large project approval, M&A, business portfolio design). Engagement managers lead teams that design and apply sophisticated risk management models and methods at the enterprise level to allow financial institutions to make more informed strategic decisions, derive value from their current activities, and strengthen their transparency and corporate governance with a focus on capital usage, credit risk management and business performance improvement.

Requirements: 5 – 7 years with a major financial institution, professional services firm (Big 4) or management consulting organization with significant experience in corporate strategy development, the use of risk management techniques in strategic decision making, risk identification, risk quantification / quantitative modeling, risk management framework development and implementation with an emphasis on credit risk management and capital usage (economic capital, Basel II, credit risk management / credit portfolio management).

Qualified candidates are invited to forward their resume in confidence to:

Gene Starr

E. D. Starr & Company

40 Exchange Place

New York, New York 10005

E-Mail: gene.starr@edstarr.com

(212) 248-1692

E. D. Starr & Company is a full service executive search firm specializing in recruitment for management consulting and financial services for positions in credit risk management / credit portfolio management, market risk management, operational risk management, risk reporting, RAROC/RAPM/Basel II ( Risk Adjusted Return on Capital / Risk Adjusted Performance Measurement ), controls, treasury, capital markets, risk management technology and business process improvement / business process reengineering / enterprise wide risk management.