What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hedge Fund: Risk Control Analyst position at Q Investments?
The Q Family Office is seeking a sharp recent graduate or individual with 2-5
years of experience to join the Financial Control team within the Q Family Office. They will assist multiple departments in using technology to create solutions and improve processes. The work environment is open, team-based, and fast-paced. Q invests in many areas including real estate, banking, energy, aviation, and distressed /high yield credit markets.
Established in 1994, the Q Family Office is an organization that combines an almost 30-year history with a deep entrepreneurial spirit. The family office currently includes a manager of a $500 million hedge fund/private investment firm, a $3 billion bank, a $400 million real estate investment firm, and an almost $275 million charitable foundation.
Risk Control
The Risk Analyst who joins our team will sit on the Trading Desk and assist by
tracking daily profit and loss by strategy, analyzing current and potential trading
opportunities and monitoring risk factors that affect the firm's entire portfolio of
investments. The analyst will perform risk diagnostics on items such as security
pricing, financing costs, convertibility of bonds, interest rate sensitivity etc., that will be used to generate reports to traders, portfolio managers and partners. The analyst will use technology solutions to create and improve automated processes.
The ideal analyst candidate will have:
- Proficient use of MS Excel (with a strong emphasis on financial modeling)and database applications; and familiarity with VBA, SQL and MS Query
- Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, economics, statistics, MIS, or
- Engineering. 3.5 GPA preferred
- A track record of achievement through internships, academic accolades, etc.
- Ability to commit to the position for at least two years
