Director, Senior Risk Officer, Liability and Risk Valuation, Asset / Liability Management, Quantitative / Analytical Specialist, NYC recruitment

You may directly contact: Dirk Himes, The Polaris Group (an Executive Search Firm). Cell 312-961-4811; Dirk@ThePolarisGroupInc.comThe candidate is expected to be familiar with risk characteristics and quantitative risk analytics across a broad spectrum of fixed income securities and asset classes – with expertise in portfolio risk modeling, and risk factor components. Programming experience is required (Excel/VBA, Matlab, R, and/or others).Qualifications include:• PhD / MS with strong quantitative skills; modeling, statistical analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, etc.• Over 5-10 years working Read more […]

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Senior Risk Officer – Hedge Fund recruitment

Well performing fund looking to add a Senior Risk Officer due to growth of the business. You will report directly to the CRO and work extremely close with the Traders.Key responsibilities consist of monitoring market risk of all trading activities, trade limits, stop losses, draw downs, stress testing and ensure correct modelling of all new and existing positions in the system.You must have a strong quantitative background and education, combined with in-depth experience in Interest Rate and FX Derivatives. Programming languages and systems mostly used by my client are C++, Excel/ VBA and Risk Read more […]

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