Senior Financial Risk Analyst

Requirements of the role

We are currently looking for a Senior Financial Risk Analyst to join our Economics and Consumer Analysis team at the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH).

With a career at RSH you’ll be joining an organisation that gives you the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives, regulating a sector that houses 4 million people across England.

Job Description:

As the Senior Financial Risk Analyst, you will be responsible for ensuring that RSH’s data driven approach to financial analysis reflects the current and evolving financial reporting standards and operating environment. You will provide expert technical advice around financial regulatory data collection and will be responsible for ensuring that the regulator collects the appropriate information to regulate economic standards.

You will also play a key part in producing RSH’s key publications, leading on the analysis of complex and technical financial data, as well as contributing to the maintenance and development of the understanding of inherent sector financial and business risk, identifying trends and advising on regulatory response.

Responsibilities:
As the successful candidate you will have an accountancy background with a strong track record of delivering results in a financial, regulatory or assurance-based environment. You should have a good understanding of the principles of financial planning and modelling, risk management and of the financial issues facing the housing sector.

You should also have strong critical and analytical evaluation skills, with the ability to think logically to get to the core of problems, managing complex information to provide insightful analysis that supports effective decision making. You will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences.

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