Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) Functional Specialist

Company Description

Talan – Positive Innovation

Talan is an international consulting group specializing in innovation and business transformation through technology. With over 7,200 consultants in 21 countries and a turnover of €850M, we are committed to delivering impactful, future-ready solutions.

Talan at a Glance

Headquartered in Paris and operating globally, Talan combines technology, innovation, and empowerment to deliver measurable results for our clients. Over the past 22 years, we’ve built a strong presence in the IT and consulting landscape, and we’re on track to reach €1 billion in revenue this year.

Our Core Areas of Expertise

• Data & Technologies: We design and implement large-scale, end-to-end architecture and data solutions, including data integration, data science, visualization, Big Data, AI, and Generative AI.
• Cloud & Application Services: We integrate leading platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS, and IBM Maximo, helping clients transition to the cloud and improve operational efficiency.
• Management & Innovation Consulting: We lead business and digital transformation initiatives through project and change management best practices (PM, PMO, Agile, Scrum, Product Ownership), and support domains such as Supply Chain, Cybersecurity, and ESG/Low-Carbon strategies.

We work with major global clients across diverse sectors, including Transport & Logistics, Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Retail, and Media & Telecommunications.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Functional Profile Specialist with a strong background in Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) and IMM Limits Management to join a challenging project within the financial services sector.

The ideal candidate will bring solid functional expertise in counterparty risk, limits management, exposure metrics, and financial products, with the ability to translate complex business and risk requirements into effective functional solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the definition of complex business requirements related to CCR / IMM Limits Management.
• Provide functional expertise on counterparty risk limits, including limit structures, utilization, thresholds, breaches, and monitoring processes.
• Define and validate limit calculation and consumption rules, including the exposure and risk metrics used against different limits.
• Define functional requirements for limit setup, allocation, monitoring, utilization, and breach management.
• Lead gap analysis and define as-is / to-be solutions for CCR limit frameworks.
• Design end-to-end functional solutions, ensuring alignment between limit management processes, counterparty exposure data, risk metrics, and technology.
• Analyze complex exposure and limit data, identify inconsistencies, and propose appropriate solutions.
• Define functional rules, data requirements, and calculation logic across DataLake and Atoti layers.
• Lead the validation and reconciliation of limits, utilization, and exposure metrics across systems and data sources.
• Define requirements for limit monitoring dashboards, alerts, breaches, and reporting capabilities.
• Define functional testing strategies, acceptance criteria, and validation frameworks for new limit management capabilities.
• Act as a senior functional point of contact for Risk, Trading Desks, Quants, and Technology teams on CCR limits topics.
• Provide functional guidance to Functional Specialists and Junior Analysts.
• Review and challenge proposed solutions to ensure alignment with business, risk, limits, and analytical requirements.
• Support the prioritization and resolution of complex functional, calculation, and data quality issues.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability from business requirements and rules through implementation, testing, and production validation.
• Support certification activities, production releases, and post-production validation.

Qualifications

Required Experience & Skills

• 4+ years of experience in Counterparty Credit Risk, with strong expertise in CCR / IMM Limits Management and CIB Markets environments.
• Expert knowledge of Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR / IMM).
• Expert knowledge of Limits Management.
• Strong understanding of CCR limit frameworks, structures, and hierarchies.
• Strong expertise in limit monitoring, utilization, thresholds, and breaches.
• Knowledge of exposure and risk metrics used for limit consumption.
• Solid understanding of financial products and derivatives.
• Experience with Trading Desk and Risk metrics.
• Experience in risk analytics and reporting.
• Ability to define and manage complex functional requirements.
• Experience in functional solution design.
• Strong data analysis and validation skills.
• Knowledge of SQL.
• Understanding of data and reporting architectures.
• Experience working with Jira and Confluence.
• English level B2 or higher.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of XVA concepts and metrics.
• Experience with DataLake and/or Databricks.

Additional Information

What do we offer you?

• Full-time or B2B contract
• Remote within CET Time zone. 
• Possibility to be part of a multicultural team and work on international projects.

If you are passionate about data, development & tech, we want to meet you !

Talan Spain’s commitment to non-discrimination based on gender, race, ideology, or any other reason, in accordance with the company’s "Equality Plan" and the current regulations on gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).