Equity L/S Senior Risk Manager

Equity L/S Senior Risk Manager

The Senior Equity L/S Risk Manager will report to the Head of Equity L/S risk and will work collaboratively with a broader risk team, Quants, Portfolio Managers, and Developers to provide risk guidance and help grow the Equity business.

The Senior Equity L/S Risk Manager will be responsible for the following:

• Own the risk monitoring and oversight of a set of Equity portfolios, as well as a broader view on risk across the Equity L/S business

• Support and challenge Portfolio Managers in their investment process and risk management

• Monitor global market development and contribute to the definition risk scenarios

• Manage and enhance the processes, models, tools, and systems used to identify, assess, measure, manage, monitor, and report risks across the equities business

• Monitor areas where risk is identified and work with business teams to mitigate risk

• Perform risk analytics and take initiative on emerging risks and proactively identify risk concentrations

• Enhance and leverage factor models to provide insight on factor stress regime, crowding, and risk forecasting around earnings and other events

• Work across a larger global risk team to help monitor global market development and communicate the impact to our global portfolios and help drive commercial results

Requirements

• 10 or more years of experience in risk, quant, structuring or trading roles

• Experience providing risk guidance and analysis to Portfolio Managers and/or Traders

• Familiarity with equity factor modeling techniques, risk prediction, and stress modeling

• Strong programming ability in Python

• Deep knowledge of long/short equity investment

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with various team members

• Degree in Finance or a STEM discipline with a Master’s degree preferred

With respect to NY- and CA-based applicants, the starting base pay range for this role is between $225000 and $275000 annually. The actual base pay is dependent upon several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant experience, business needs and market demands. This role may also be eligible for bonus compensation and employee benefits.