Operations Risk Management Assistant/Operations Risk Analyst

Role: Operations Assistant - Risk

Work timing: 11 AM to 8 PM IST

Incumbent to possess the following competencies:

Team player - CULTURE is crucial

- Attention to detail & can communicate clearly and succinctly

- Coding abilities - Python/C++17/SQL would be an additional advantage

- Commercial and pragmatic approach to risk oversight across Hedge Funds, Equities, Fixed Income, Real estate, PE and VC

- Comfortable working in a setup of a small, dynamic, growing organisation that is continuously evolving

- Can spot and highlight risks within a portfolio/fund/strategy

Key Responsibilities:

- Risk process policy that it implements with managers that are hosted on its platform.

- These include highlighting risks and mitigating controls as well as ongoing risk and compliance monitoring. Some high-level risk oversight responsibilities include:

Fund Level:

- Mandate checks (Post Trade Compliance All Reports/ Fails)

- Liquidity checks (Risk Attributes Report)

- Best execution (Best execution price)

- Disclosure Reporting (Disclosure Threshold Exceptions Report/Fails)

- Market Abuse Monitoring

Platform Level:

- Aggregate Holding

- Short Selling

- Liquidity Checks

- Overall Portfolio View

In addition, the role will cover:

- Oversee Risk Management for the Fund of Funds Portfolio acting as the risk specialist on liquid products for new and existing Hedge Fund strategies.

- Contribute to the development and maintenance of quantitative analytics to support the Global Ongoing Risk Monitoring Framework for existing investments for all

- Investment Strategies managed by the firm.

- Ensure that funds operate according to approved fund mandates and other risk guidelines as outlined in the Risk Management Manual on an ongoing basis.

Risk metric analysis:

- Market Risk

- Liquidity Risk

- Credit Risk

- Regulatory Risk

- Analyse and interpret information and provide advice to management as requested.

- Handling Regulatory Reporting as per the guidelines of FCA & SEC

- Managing connections and interactions with Brokers, fund administrators & external stakeholders.

- Handling projects for Analytics & Technology improvement.

Educational Qualifications: MBA - Finance is a MUST

Additional Qualification but not mandatory - CFA or FRM

Preferred Work Experience:

- 1-2 years' experience in a similar role

- Bloomberg experience preferred

- Strong financial risk analyst background

- Strong excel and numerical/data analysis skills

- Experience in the Hedge Fund/PE/Real Estate/UCITS space and experience in the NAV process

- Understanding of the UK Financial Conduct Authorities (FCA) view on risk