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Permanent

Financial Risk Analyst

City of London
money-bag £42000 - £45000/annum Benefits
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We are inviting applications for Financial Risk Analyst based in London for a minimum 37.5 Hours in a week . This is a permanent position to work for our Financial clients and Banks.

Risk identification and assessment

  • Analyse aged-receivables, debtor and payment data to identify credit and counterparty risk and estimate expected losses.
  • Assess liquidity and cash-flow risk, flagging exposures that threaten collection targets or working capital.
  • Map operational and process risks in finance workflows (duplicate records, untracked refunds, control gaps) and rate their likelihood and impact.
  • Maintain the risk register and recommend mitigation actions with clear owners and deadlines.

Modelling and analytics

  • Build statistical models in Python (regression, classification, neural networks) to predict payment default and customer behaviour.
  • Run scenario analysis and stress tests on collections, cash flow and bad-debt provisions.
  • Develop Power BI risk dashboards tracking KPIs such as debtor days, collection rate, write-offs and exposure by segment.

Risk reporting and forecasting

  • Prepare monthly risk and management reports for senior leadership, with variance analysis and recommendations.
  • Support budgeting and forecasting by quantifying downside risk to income and collections.
  • Reconcile risk data against the ledger to ensure reported figures are accurate.

Compliance, controls and audit

  • Monitor compliance with financial regulation and internal control policies.
  • Prepare audit-ready evidence for month-end, year-end and external audits, and track remediation of findings.

Process improvement and stakeholder advice

  • Design automated controls and validation in Power Apps, SharePoint/Dataverse and Excel.
  • Advise budget holders and department heads on risk exposure and recommend policy changes..


Skills and experience required

Essential

  • Relevant experience in finance, banking, technology and customer service.
  • Proven credit-risk and debtor analysis: aged-receivables monitoring, collection strategy and recovery tracking.
  • Strong reconciliation and month-end/year-end experience, with audit-ready record keeping.
  • Quantitative and statistical analysis, including forecasting and budgeting.
  • Advanced Excel (lookups, pivot tables, modelling) and Power BI dashboard development.
  • Working knowledge of regulatory compliance, audit and due-diligence processes.
  • Clear written and verbal communication, able to explain risk findings to non-finance stakeholders.
  • The closing date of this position is 15th Nov 2027

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