As an Analyst/Associate within Markets team, youwill be a self-starter and self-motivated individual as the business is based on devising bespoke mandates. This role requires you to demonstrate a range of skills from effective process oversight and controls, effective communication to analytical problem solving and teamwork
Job Responsibilities
- Implementing and monitoring investment restrictions and guidelines; reporting breaches and maintaining records.
- Monitoring global exposure, liquidity, market, credit risk, validation of VaR models and other risk metrics.
- Oversight of daily tasks and processes and investigating escalation alerts from portfolio managers, middle office, compliance.
- Automating manual Excel-based monitoring / reporting processes to improve efficiencies across the Internal Control book of work
- Continuing the migration from legacy Excel tools into a modern UI
- Streamlining regulatory / client reporting
- Lead and participate in ad-hoc projects as needed by senior management
- Assist with the preparation of management information for committees and management meetings.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Relevant experience in investment compliance or investment risk in asset management is crucial to the role
- Experience in coding (preference on Python), specifically strong knowledge of data parsing & storage, as well as statistical, analytical (or machine learning) libraries
- Translate business needs into quantitative analyses and tools; communicate complex results to senior stakeholders in a clear and precise manner
- Able to work independently and collaboratively to problem solve, and knowing when to escalate
- Clearly document the code of the tools created; Publish and maintain clear user documentation
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills and strong communication skills (both written and verbal) and ability to present findings to a non-technical audience including external stakeholders
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Strong knowledge of derivative markets (Equities, FX, Rates, or Commodities)
- Knowledge of UI languages such as react would be an advantage and Advanced user of MS Office suite
- Close attention to detail and ability to work to very high standards