Job Description
We are seeking a Risk Manager at Assistant VP or VP level with 5 to 10 years of experience. The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in enterprise risk management (ERM) related matters including but not limited investment risk and operational risk within the asset management industry.
The successful candidate will play a crucial role in helping stakeholders understand their risk profiles and assessing the effectiveness of our strategies. The candidate will also act as the trusted advisor to the leadership team, generating risk analysis insights. The role is part of the Risk Management and Performance Analytics team.
The risk manager directly reports to Head of Risk Management and Performance analytics team, and assists him in the following areas:
- Maintain and develop enterprise risk management policies of the company. Respond to all queries on risk management frameworks from both internal and external stakeholders.
- Investment risk management reporting, monitoring and analysis for all portfolios managed by the investment teams.
- Communicate clearly the results of the analysis and the thought process on how the results were derived from key stakeholders (e.g. fund managers, sale support teams, etc.)
- Contribute to investment processes by crafting data driven opinions regarding the overall decision-making process and risk in the portfolio allocations.
- Participate in all risk management and performance analysis related projects.
The risk manager will be one of the key contacts of providing portfolio risk and performance analytics for key stakeholders. You will also serve as a value-added source of insight, independent analysis, and thought leadership for internal stakeholders, including portfolio managers, front office advisors, sales & marketing, and senior management.
This role provides an opportunity to work closely with various teams across the organization and contribute to the department’s efforts to improve systems and technology.
Job Responsibilities
- Providing regular and bespoke risk and return analysis to portfolio managers and investment specialists.
- Calculate risk and performance returns and attribution across the product range, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
- Overseeing a broad spectrum of risk measurement and attribution calculations and creating reports across multiple asset classes.
- Analyze performance and risk reports, and effectively communicate results to senior management, client portfolio managers, and portfolio managers
- Provide the best service experience by understanding our stakeholders’ needs and developing relationships across the organization, specifically with Client Solution, Portfolio Managers, sales support teams, and others.
- Interpret risk analysis results and produce performance attribution commentary for a range of portfolio strategies/mandates (fixed income, equity, multi-asset strategies, ETF etc.), including sources of alpha and identifying the factors responsible for these results.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills
- Comfortable in a team environment while also able to deliver on independent assignments. Collaborate effectively with teams and colleagues across various organizational levels.
- Solid analytical ability to research and analyze complex data sets.
- Interact and communicate effectively, both written and verbally, throughout all organizational levels and roles, with a strong client service mentality.
- Experienced risk management professional with 5 to 10 years of relevant experience.
- Understanding of the various businesses/products within the Asset management space.
- Direct experience of using risk analysis and performance tools (e.g., FactSet, Aladdin, MorningStar Direct, etc.)
- Bachelor’s or above degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or Computer Science (or similar discipline) from an accredited institution.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Strong knowledge in VBA or Python would be a plus.