Head of Market Risk recruitment
The Head of Market Risk will be responsible for overseeing, measuring, reporting and monitoring risk at the portfolio level.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Oversee the current portfolio and recommend ways to control or reduce risk.
* Suggest methods to hedge risk at both a strategy level and a firm wide level.
* Monitor individual teams to ensure the maintenance of risk for each portfolio.
* Participate in investment meetings and contribute to the investment analysis process.
* Perform comprehensive attribution analysis to ensure returns are commensurate with risk being taken.
* Lead implementation of various risk monitoring tools.
* Liaise between various departments to ensure accuracy in the risk mitigation process.
* Liaise with investors for risk related inquires.
Qualifications:
* Risk candidates must have excellent market knowledge of equity and credit investment strategies, cash derivatives and structured product markets.
* Ideal candidates will have a background in equity derivatives, trading and risk management and a solid understating of the option markets and theory.
* Our client requires an advanced degree in a quant discipline and 10+ years of Market Risk experience in investment banking, and/or hedge fund, paired with excellent analytical and communication skills.
* Candidates outside of the Boston market must be serious about relocating to Boston.