Key Responsibilities:
Compliance Oversight for Investments
- Analyze and interpret regulatory guidelines and client agreements.
- Conduct daily compliance monitoring for investment restrictions across funds and portfolios, identifying breaches and collaborating with relevant stakeholders for timely resolution.
- Review regulatory and client guidelines to ensure existing rules are accurately coded in the system.
- Escalate any sensitive issues to management for appropriate remediation discussions.
Risk Assessment and Monitoring
- Exhibit a solid understanding of various investment and risk strategies.
- Evaluate and monitor strategies regarding their risk budget usage, including stress, market, performance, liquidity, and counterparty risks.
- Conduct in-depth risk analyses on outliers and identify areas for improvement.
- Independently assess and monitor risks in investment activities, escalating concerns to management as needed.
- Facilitate regular risk review meetings between the Investment and Risk teams to stay updated on fund and portfolio risk profiles.
Performance Analysis and Reporting
- Oversee the Performance Attribution report for both internal and external clients, ensuring quality and adherence to deadlines.
- Coordinate performance-related topics with the Paris performance team.
- Address ad-hoc performance inquiries from stakeholders promptly.
- Identify opportunities to enhance performance analysis processes and controls through technology and automation.
Additional Responsibilities
- Represent the Risk team during fund launches and other events requiring risk input, such as prospectus reviews and operational setups, ensuring all risk requirements are met.
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues, business partners, and key stakeholders.
- Support management with special ad-hoc assignments related to the Risk business line.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
- Over 5 years of experience in risk management or related areas within the financial services sector.
- Familiarity with various products and businesses within the Asset Management industry is preferred.
- Results-oriented mindset with a commitment to high-quality work and integrity.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, with keen attention to detail.
- Capable team player who can also work independently and take initiative.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly to a non-technical audience.