Product Consultant 2022

Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) is a global integrated risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions. Our data, analytical solutions and insights help decision-makers identify opportunities and manage the risks of doing business with others. We believe that greater transparency, more informed decisions, and fair access to information open the door to shared progress. Moody’s combines international presence with local expertise and over a century of experience in financial markets. 

Moody’s Analytics provides financial intelligence and analytical tools supporting our clients’ growth, efficiency and risk management objectives. The combination of our unparalleled expertise in risk, expansive information resources, and innovative application of technology, helps today’s business leaders confidently navigate an evolving marketplace.

Department

Part of Moody’s Analytics group, the BANKING OU business unit builds and deploys fully integrated solutions on credit, market & liquidity risk and ALM software products. 

The Banking RegTech group builds software to help banks around the world assess the overall health of their balance sheets and generate reports for regulators and other stakeholders. We know that regulatory and accounting standards and the technological demands of our customers are subject to change, which is why we employ a continuous cycle of innovation that allows us to offer nimble and agile solutions to our customers’ problems.

Role

Product Consultants are specialists in the implementation, configuration and upgrade of Basel II, Basel III and ALM solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide consulting on Moody’s Analytics banking solutions
• Assist clients with all stages of a product implementation
• Building proof of concepts and prototyping
• Business requirements gathering and gap analysis
• Data mapping
• Product installation and configuration
• Evaluation / design of custom functionality to address client requriements
• Unit Testing and supporting client User Acceptance Testing
• End User product training
• Have strong knowledge of the business domain that our product operates in and how to use our product to fulfill customer needs.
• Work with project managers to build and maintain a project plan and issues list.
• Work with product managers to give feedback on the product and to log product defects.
• Work with Product Management teams and / or other departments (Sales, other LOBs) to ensure that customer needs are represented
• Stay current on the functionality of our products.
• Share knowledge with other consultants on how best to implement our products.
• May require a significant amount of travel to client sites

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or Finance
• Experience of working within a software implementation role
• Comfortable working under different implementation methodologies e.g. Waterfall and Agile
• Significant experience in the Banking Industry within risk management
• Basel II and Basel III or ALM exposure gained in a Bank, a consultancy firm or a software engineering company
• Excellent knowledge of existing and international regulatory requirements (e.g. EU – Capital Requirements Directive – CRD, Basel II) and in depth understanding of the proposed revision of the international regulatory framework (Basel III, CRD III, CRD IV)
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g.FRM or CFA) are a plus
• Technical skills on Relational databases and SQL
• Experience in Data Mapping between systems of financial and risk data
• Knowledge of Data Modelling within the Banking sector
• Skills in improving data quality, data validation and trouble shooting
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; client presentations and writing project documentation
• Fluent English is essential in order to work with our clients, additional European languages are advantageous.