Job Description
Attribution Search are supporting a Quant Hedge Fund who are seeking a skilled Risk Manager to join the business and oversee both market and operational risks. Taking a leading role in identifying, assessing, and managing both market and operational risks within the firm, you will collaborate closely with portfolio managers, traders, and operations teams to mitigate risk exposures.
Responsibilities
* Perform comprehensive risk assessments of trading strategies, considering all risk factors.
* Establish and set risk limits, ensuring trading desks adhere to these thresholds to maintain portfolios within acceptable risk parameters.
* Continuously monitor and analyse real-time trading activities to detect potential risk exposures, providing timely and actionable insights.
* Work closely with traders to define risk limits and ensure alignment with risk management policies.
* Conduct stress tests and scenario analyses to assess the potential impact of adverse market conditions on trading portfolios.
The business is looking for an individual with a minimum of five years Risk experience at a Hedge Fund, Investment Bank or Asset Manager. Candidates must have strong experience in both Market and Operational Risk and be comfortable working in a high pace environment facing off to the desk. Candidates must have strong programming skills in Python/SQL.