Job Description and Synthesis
In the role of Equity Long/Short Risk Manager, the employee report to the Global Head of Risk and will be responsible for the following:

• Contribute to the implementation of the Firm and Equity Long/Short Risk Management.
• Own the risk monitoring and oversight of a set of portfolios
• Able to challenge Portfolio Managers in their investment process and risk management.
• Monitor global market development and contribute to the definition of ad-hoc risk scenarios, back testing strategies, etc
• Contribute to the enhancement of client risk analytics and reporting.
• Mentor more junior members of the team.

Key Qualifications

• 5-10 years as risk manager/quant analyst/trading
• A particular focus on Equity Long/Short is mandatory
• Equity and equity derivative products
• Understanding or global macro risk framework such as portfolio risk, stress scenarios
• Communication ability – must speak fluent English and be able to communicate effectively with PMs
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills (quantitatively savvy).
• Creativity/Idea Generation – generates fresh project ideas and looks for ways to improve existing processes
• Attention to detail – takes ownership of projects, strong focus on quality, correctness, and intuitiveness of output.
• Motivated, hard-working, self-starter (will-do attitude)
• Knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages/scripts/tools: Python/R/SQL/VBA/C#/Tableau, Python is preferable
• MSc or BA/BSc from Top 5 Russell Group/Ivy League

equity risk management, portfolio risk management, trading risk, equity long short