Junior Risk Officer

My client is a leading Mayfair based investment manager. They are looking to add a bright, dynamic junior officer to their risk function.

Position: Risk and Compliance Officer (New Role)

Team/Location: Finance, Compliance Risk (team of 8)

- also liaising closely with IT, Business Analysts and Investment Teams

Responsibilities:

Portfolio Risk

• Assisting with development and setting of portfolio risk parameters
• Ongoing monitoring of risk against defined limits
• Regular escalation of risk issues to Head of Risk, CEO and Risk Committee
• Compilation and distribution of internal weekly and monthly risk reports

Operational Risk

• Assisting with documentation of detailed operational risk map and controls
• Liaising with internal business heads to identify operational risks and implement appropriate mitigating processes and controls
• Liaising with internal audit function
• Internal reporting as required

Compliance

• Assisting with ongoing compliance monitoring programme
• Assisting with ongoing internal and external compliance/regulatory risk reporting

Initial Projects

• Assist in development of risk monitoring and reporting systems and framework
• Liaise with IT/Business Analyst teams on IT development requirements

Skills Required:

• Good organisational and administration skills
• Strong and effective communications skills
• Individual must be proactive and willing to use initiative to improve processes
• Strong IT Skills
• Proficiency on excel essential (and preferably knowledge of databases)
• 1-3 years of experience in financial services, ideally with a working knowledge of key risk metrics in an asset management context

If you are interested in this position and genuinely meet the criteria please forward your resume to jonathan.dover@hays.com

April 16, 2014 • Tags:  • Posted in: Financial

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