Investment Risk Manager

Where

New York, NY

What you'll be doing

The candidate is expected to work collaboratively with the investment and operational due-diligence teams at the company, while at the same time develop independent views on underlying managers regarding risk management issues. In addition to assessing manager risk, the analyst will contribute to the risk management of existing suite of commingled and separate accounts of the company, develop new risk management tools, and analyze the investment performance and ongoing quantitative risk profile of managers. The candidate is expected to lead a wide variety of projects aimed at ensuring the risk management practices, knowledge, systems and infrastructure remain cutting edge and are communicated to the clients as such.

What your background should be

Five to ten years of experience in the financial industry in an investment capacity. Experience as a hedge fund allocator across investment strategies and/or risk analyst at a fund of funds or a sophisticated multi-strategy hedge fund. Experience as an investor in non-equity investment strategies. A deep understanding of risk issues across asset classes and hedge fund strategies. A holistic approach to risk management which appropriate weighs both practical and theoretical risk management issues and considers the context of the evaluation framework.

Required Schooling / Training

MBA / CFA preferred and a CRM designation is a plus.

Who is the client company

This is an American multinational banking and financial services holding company.

If you are interested in this position, send your resume to apply@kochdavis.com