Overview:
Adams Street Partners is actively looking to expand their team to satisfy the needs of our growing client base. …
What is the Investment Risk Management Team responsible for?
The Investment Risk Management department is responsible for risk oversight of multi-asset and private-debt portfolios, as well as developing the risk management framework for real-asset portfolios and ensuring that they fall within the risk appetite defined by the organization.
What are the ongoing responsibilities of the Senior Investment Risk Analyst?
Monitoring and oversight of risk exposures for Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions funds
Producing and managing accurate and timely risk dashboards that support analytical requests from portfolio managers and senior risk managers
Performing risk analysis on portfolios and their benchmarks and reporting on market, liquidity, and concentration risks
Leveraging multi-factor risk models to produce ex-ante risk insights and clearly communicating the analysis to both technical and non-technical audiences
Staying informed of the emergent and macro risks
What ideal qualifications, skills and experience would help someone to be successful?
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as quantitative finance, statistics, mathematics, operations research, engineering, or computer science
3 to 7 years of relevant risk management experience at an investment management firm or a risk model vendor like MSCI, Axioma etc.
Significant experience with the modeling and functionality of linear and non-linear derivatives like swaps, options, and futures
Intellectual curiosity towards financial markets
CFA or FRM, or progress towards those certifications preferred
Strong statistical programming and data analysis skills
What technology skill sets are critical to the success of this role?
Tech stack required for this role: PowerBI/Tableau (or similar BI tool), SQL and Python (or similar programing language)
Experience with one or more of the following systems strongly preferred: MSCI RiskMetrics, MSCI BarraOne or Aladdin