Risk Manager Funds

Overview

The Senior Risk Manager will assist the CRO with the development of large-scale risk advisory projects for high profile platforms, from Management Companies to fund clients.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supporting clients servicing through risk and regulatory reporting. This must be done in a timely and accurate fashion, escalating issues as they arise.
• Produce and check regulatory filings for a range of different filing requirements.
• Be proficient in problem solving, striving to use own initiative to take ownership of the task.
• Interpretation of analytics across all asset classes (equity, fixed income, credit, interest rate,etc) and communication of results.
• Performing data management and manipulation using a range of tools.
• Work on a regular basis with both internal and external systems such as RiskCore, RiskMetrics, and Bloomberg.
• Perform reconciliations on a range of data, accounting, compliance checks and risk analytics.
• Play an active role in the supervising, management and mentoring of junior staff and your direct reports on the team and participate in on the job training for new hires.
• Work co-operatively with other groups in different locations and time zones.
• Attends presentations to clients and potential clients when required to present and discuss risk.
• Attend quarterly fund board meetings and update directors on any relevant items as required.
• Actively participate in fund governance meetings, management meetings and committee meetings and attend technical training when required.
• Work co-operatively with other groups in different locations and time zones.
• Provide adequate documentation and backup of all operational processes.
• Assisting CRO with ad-hoc client and internal queries.
• Actively helping and contributing towards the future planning of the team.
• Liaising with other teams in relation to new fund launches and helping onboard new clients and funds.
• Aspire to be the proficient in UCITS, AIFMD, funds, especially with respect to risk management.
• Communicate with clients to ensure satisfaction with the service provided and to resolve any potential issues.
• Follow and enhance existing procedures, to solve routine problems and help in the development of new procedures as required.
• Keep abreast of regulatory changes
• Independently liaise with fund service providers as required.
• Other projects and duties as assigned.
• Be driven, inquisitive and be able to self-manage.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education: A minimum of a 3rd level Degree in Finance, Business or other similar field is required.
• A Master’s Degree in a Finance or Mathematical field or a related professional qualification is highly desirable.
• Experience: The successful candidate will have worked for at least 5 years in a risk or regulatory related role preferably within the funds industry.
• They will have some experience in dealing with both external and internal clients and will have worked as part of a team.
• Experience managing staff is required.
• Knowledge of or previous exposure to some regulatory filings is required, including but not limited to, AIFMD, UCITS, CPO-PQR, Form PF, Solvency II, OPERA, EMIR.
• They will have had either exposure to or have knowledge of a number of risk measurements including Value at Risk, Stress Testing, Liquidity Analysis, Greeks, Back Testing and will have a strong knowledge of a range of instruments including derivatives.
• Experience of using Bloomberg and other data providers preferred in addition to experience of using SQL.