Manager, Investment Risk – Multi Asset Class recruitment

Position Description:

The Company
Wellington Management Company, LLP is one of America's oldest investment management firms. The company is headquartered in Boston with ten affiliate offices in the United States and around the world. With approximately $660 billion in assets under management, Wellington Management Company, LLP manages US, international and global equity, fixed income and multi-asset portfolios for institutional clients and mutual fund sponsors in 43 countries

The Position
Manager, Investment Risk - Multi-Asset Class Strategies has been approved as part of the Investments and Risk Management team. The primary focus of the group is 'to make money for our clients through risk management'. As part of this, the group is focused on identifying, researching, and highlighting significant investment trends and major risks across our investment platforms. This encompasses equities, asset allocation, hedge fund, and fixed income approaches. This group is actively involved in our portfolio oversight processes and serves on a number of our internal investment review committees. The team also acts as a broad investment/risk representative for the firm, advises on investment strategy with selected clients, and oversees $10 billion in multi-manager solutions offered by the firm.

The role requires a strong working knowledge of multi-asset risk analysis gained from significant experience in institutional investment management, risk management, and/or investment consulting. Experience with product management, multi-asset class investing, and derivatives would be considered a plus. The individual should possess the ability to recognize broad investment trends, determine the risk implications beyond the individual portfolio level, and communicate the resulting risks across our various investment platforms. The successful candidate will establish credibility through technical skill and stature in risk management, by building collaborative working relationships with investment professionals, and through creating a shared vision of the benefits of more risk-aware decision making.

This person will interact closely with the investment teams, product management, and senior management and will need to possess excellent written and oral communication skills. In addition, the ideal candidate will have a strong analytical and systems background with an ability to learn new applications and create leading edge risk evaluation techniques.

•Minimum of 10 years of experience in portfolio management, risk management, investment risk systems, and/or investment consulting.
•Knowledgeable on cutting-edge risk research, familiar with best practices among competitors, and well grounded in academic and practitioner research.
•Strong understanding of multi-asset class portfolio construction, attribution analysis, risk analytics, and derivatives.
•Capable of managing multiple projects with limited supervision.
•Creativity, thoroughness, and attention to detail are all essential traits, as is high energy and the ability to work well within a team.
•Risk application expertise, in particular Factset, RiskMetrics, Barra or APT
•A CFA and/or MBA is preferred, FRM certification will be considered a plus