Risk Analyst with Equity background required for Chicago Hedge Fund recruitment

 A award winning fund is looking for a quantitative risk manager to develop the portfolio from a risk perspecitive. This position will directly affect the PnL of the fund and will sit directly with the traders on the floor. The position will provide the successful caniddate with the opportunity to enhance their skill set in a major fund whilst gaining exposure to a dynamic buy side environment.

The successful candidate will require the below skills set;

• Experience working in a Quant/Risk role preferably within a hedge fund or asset management firm

• PhD qualified in Finance, Math or Engineering etc

• Knowledge of risk metrics like VaR, PnL etc

• Preferable IT skills include: VBA, C++, Matlab and Excel

Please send the all applications to risk@selbyjennings.com in word document format.