Investment Risk Manager – Equities

My client is looking for the right candidate to join their dynamic team as an Investment risk Manager in the Equity Risk team!

Key Responsibilities:

• Producing insightful analysis on specific equity portfolios for discussion with fund managers across a range of products and investment strategies.
• Support the running of risk meetings with fund managers, and engaging with the front office during and outside the formal oversight process.
• Preparing presentations for internal committees (Performance and Risk, and the Liquidity Sub-Committee) to flag issues for noting or of concern.
• Work with the performance teams to link risk analysis with fund performance.

Skills/Experience:

• Experience working in an investment facing market risk role, other quantitative finance role or in a position through which the candidate has been able to gain a high-level understanding of equity portfolio management and equity risk models would be preferred.
• Good communication skills. Comfortable in communicating ideas and analysis at different levels.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines. Attention to detail. Ability to set own priorities and deadlines and respond to requests from other business areas in a timely and professional manner.
• Experience dealing with large data-sets and strong quantitative numeracy highly desired.

If you would like to know more please contact Georgina Carter at gec@barclaysimpson.com for more information.