Director - Investment Risk - Asset Management Firm

Experience Level: Senior-Level:

- Our client is a global Asset management firm and global investment solutions firm providing a wide range of investment capabilities to institutional investors, financial intermediaries, and individual investors around the world.

- It is building the captive unit here in Mumbai and looking to hire a Director to build and manage a team to manage the Investment risk across portfolios for the clients.

- The Investment Risk team is looking to establish a team based in India to help run the Enterprise Risk Management System (ERMS). This position will lead this team and interact closely with portfolio management and research teams to provide risk insights into the investment strategies. The insights are derived from multiple sources, including reports utilizing proprietary quantitative models and vendor risk tools. The Director of Investment Risk in Mumbai will serve as the main point of contact with the team and will report to the Director of Investment Risk in Seattle.

Some of the key responsibilities will include:

- Hire new team members and help them reach their full potential by coaching, educating, and making sure the best practices are understood and followed.

- Lead the team by example with a hands-on management style, contributing where needed to get projects done on time or to resolve any issues.

- Ensure day-to-day responsibilities are managed, coordinated, and delivered to core business clients.

- Foster an environment that drives tech-enabled integration, innovation, and change.

- Contribute to the development of the ERMS, including adding new functionality and making improvements to the existing implementation.

To be eligible for this role you will require:

- Experience with, or theoretical knowledge of, systems design is required.

- Clear communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues and reasons for decisions.

- Ability to write code; experience with Python is a strong plus.

- Experience leading the design and implementation of distributed, resilient, service-oriented application architectures.

- Financial experience (market risk, asset pricing) is a strong plus.

- Experience leading and managing teams.

- Familiarity with SQL.

Years of Experience:

- 12-15 years of experience in a risk management function

Qualifications:

- MS degree in Computational Finance from a top school. A graduate-level degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, or similar will be considered for a candidate with a strong desire to get into finance.

- Knowledge of various financial instruments is considered a strong plus.