Quantitative Risk Manager – Buy Side / Hedge Funds recruitment
The ideal candidate will have previous experience working in the Risk Management function of a major asset management, fund management or investment management institution.
You will have significant risk management experience working with derivative products, specifically within equities, hedge funds or Fund of Hedge-Funds.
Required Technical skills (Essential)
- Strong quantitative skills
- Advanced Excel and IT skills including strong knowledge of Macros desirable
- Excellent knowledge of derivatives (types, valuation / pricing, risks)
- General knowledge of equity funds and / or hedge funds markets across all styles strategies.
- Detailed knowledge of tracking error, VaR, and stress testing methodologies together with an appreciation of their limitations
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Respond to direct requests from Fund Managers and build very strong working relationships with Front Office
- Production and analysis of regular risk attribution reports for assigned funds
- Assist the team in suggesting new analytics that will be beneficial to Fund Managers and senior management in the understanding of investment risk.
- Assist IT to develop new systems/feeds and enhance existing feeds which may include investigating the data requirements for new instrument types, sourcing this data and testing the risk output.
- Working closely with other members of the team, providing technical support, as appropriate.
Competencies Required
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
- Ability to plan and organise workload to perform both routine and ad-hoc tasks
- Proactive and able top influence stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to build strong working relationships across the business
- Excellent attention to detail
- A flexible approach with the ability to think laterally
- Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to present detailed analysis in a clear and concise manner
February 13, 2012
• Tags: Buy Side, Hedge Funds recruitment, Quantitative Risk Manager, Risk Management careers in the UK • Posted in: Financial