Head - Capital Management & Planning - UBS - New York

Job description
Group Treasury is responsible for optimizing the utilization of financial resources, providing governance over the allocation and consumption of regulatory capital and offering technical expertise to partners in the Business, Finance and Risk.
Treasury activities include governance, management and optimization of: capital, liquidity, funding, collateral, structural FX, interest-rate and other on and off balance sheet risk exposures. Optimizing the utilization of financial resources, Group Treasury works to expand the availability of attractive financial resources, increase the firm’s flexibility to adapt to changing markets, avoid structural impediments to efficient funding and enhance risk taking capacity through development of improved measurement and control systems. In this way, we ensure ample competitively priced financial resources and maximize flexibility to pursue our strategic goals.
Group Treasury requires a dynamic and experienced individual in this role to lead the capital governance processes in the region and ensure regulatory compliance with the requirements under the Federal Reserve’s Enhanced Prudential Standards (EPS).
The role sits within Group Treasury in Corporate Center. The role is to provide subject matter expertise on capital regulations and oversee the regional regulatory capital position at the Group, regional and entity levels. The Head of Capital Management & Planning – Americas is responsible for analyzing, monitoring, forecasting and steering the regional capital position.
In particular, the individual will:
Act as the regional subject matter expert on capital management and planning matters for both run-the-bank and change-the-bank activities
Define and monitoring the regulatory capital policies and processes for the region (e.g. target capital ratios, dividend levels etc.)
Participate in industry and bilateral regulatory discussions on capital management topics
Partner with Finance, Risk, Legal, IT and Front Office stakeholders on capital management, planning and governance issues
Review and approve capital aspects of New Business Initiatives and Complex Transactions
Lead the Capital Management & Planning stream for our Treasury EPS Implementation Project
Prepare and present the regional capital plans and play a key role in the CCAR stress testing process, including critically reviewing the results

Desired Skills and Experience
General Requirements
Degree holder with 10+ years of relevant experience related to large bank and broker dealer regulatory capital management and planning
Highly motivated team player, capable of self-direction but extremely comfortable working collaboratively in a larger regional / global matrix organization
Strong analytical, quantitative, interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills. Able to build strong relationships with diverse group of stakeholders, prepare high impact documents and present results to senior audiences

Job Specific Requirements
Deep knowledge of US & Basel III capital regulations, including leverage ratios
Familiarity and experience with the CCAR stress testing process
Ability to analyze sources of risk in structured trades and lines of business. Understanding of complex investment banking products and ability to question businesses on the rationale and risk management of the positions
Experience in risk weighted asset (RWA) forecasting, understanding the drivers of RWAs, balance sheet consumption and revenue generation
Knowledge of US GAAP & IFRS accounting rules and risk models used in RWA production (e.g. VaR, EPE)

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