Job Description:
Title: “Risk Analyst”
Location: New York, NY
Salary: 100K
The Firm:
This opportunity is within a $11 billion institutional asset manager based in Midtown, New York with an office in London. We have a high-quality, global reputation and a 20+ year track record of strong performance focused on credit and convertible securities. The firm employs approximately 60 people and is managed with a strong, performance-driven, entrepreneurial culture.
Job Description:
- Participate in Risk and Investment meeting with PM’s and Research Analysts
- Prepare periodic return analysis
- Generate daily and weekly risk, exposure, and red-flag reports
- Develop analytical tools for long-only and hedge fund portfolios
- Work with CRO to monitor portfolio risk relative to guidelines
- Conduct stress testing and sensitivity analysis
- Manage analyst recommendation and target price metrics
Qualifications:
- 2-3 years related industry experience
- Familiar with performance attribution/contribution, Value at Risk, Option/Convertible “Greeks”
- Strong Excel skills and quantitative modeling
- Tableau experience preferred
- Self-starter and self-motivated
- Ability to manage multiple tasks
- BS/BA required in finance or other quantitative subjects
- CFA level 1 preferred, or certification in a risk association (i.e. GARP, PRMIA, etc.)