VP Equities Market Risk recruitment

Our client a large financial institution is looking for an Equities Focused Market Risk Vice President to join their team in Jersey City.

Responsibilities will include:

• Managing and reporting equities exposure numbers and various quantitative and qualitative risk measures; with responsibility for analyzing and providing risk movement summaries to senior management.

• Monitoring and reporting on cash and liquidity positions.

• Setting of margin limits for counterparties across multiple product groups

• Helping to establish best practices and support Operational effectiveness and Operational Risk within the group

• Managing a small team

The ideal candidate has:

• 8+ Years of buy-side Market Risk Experience, with product control, mid or back office experience a major plus

• Experience managing a team

• Heavy exposure to Equities and Equity Derivatives

• Masters degree in Mathematics, Engineering, or a Quantitative discipline

• Strong Excel, VBA, Access, and SQL skills

• Strong reporting and control experience, with demonstrated attention to detail

• The ability to work independently, as this role has a high level of autonomy