Market Risk – Hedge Fund recruitment

Role Responsibilities:

•        Report directly to the Head of Market Risk, provide analytical support, monitor market activity and review risks at book and portfolio level

•        Assist in maintaining internal databases and analytical infrastructure and generation of regular risk reports

•        Work closely with other members of the risk and research teams to develop and implement new models for market risk measurement

•        Data analysis and econometric modelling

•        The role will also involve significant interaction with the trading desks and the candidate will assist in risk and P/L analysis

Candidate Requirements

•         At least three years experience in a derivatives trading environment preferably as a trader or a risk analyst

•         Graduate-level training in finance, economics, econometrics, engineering, operations research, statistics, mathematics, or computer science

•         Excellent analytic and problem-solving skills combined with strong interpersonal skills

•         Experience with handling large and complex datasets

•         Proficiency in SQL an advantage

•         Familiar with VBA and at least one statistical package (e.g. Matlab, Gauss, Stata)