Quantitative Investment Risk Analyst, Avp Coding - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location - Boston, MA or London

Qualifications

The role requires a working knowledge of multi asset strategies, gained from experience in institutional investment management, risk management and/or research organization.

The individual will also be responsible for the maintenance and enhancement of current risk management processes and collaborate with colleagues within the global organization in the design and implementation of policies, procedures and processes for the investmentrisk program.

The individual should have a demonstrated ability to lead project and work efficiently in teams.

Experience with risk concepts and database tools are required, with specific skills in Axioma, Bloomberg's PORT, MSCI BarraOne/RiskMetrics, BlackRock Aladdin considered a plus.

Other key qualifications include:

Strong academic track record; economics, mathematics/statistics or finance major preferred.
Desire to achieve a Master's degree, CFA, and/or FRM.
23 years of relevant industry experience (data analysis, risk management, research...) with solid knowledge of securities markets (equities, fixed income, currency, and/or cash)
Strong technical skills: ability to build tools and reporting for risk management and to leverage technology and systems. Thoroughness and attention to detail.
Programming skills (VBA, Access, R, Matlab)
Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, meet deadlines and deliver high quality, errorfree work in a fastpaced environment
Capable of taking responsibility for independent projects with limited supervision.
Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skill.
Technical/Coding background risk analysis, optimizing the data environment, working with systems, coding, and data, quant background, computer science

Knowledge:

- data and data structures/databases
- programming languages
- data science/statistics/mathematics
- investments, analytics knowledge and experience

Characteristics:

Problem solver with limited resources
Motivated to get hands dirty
Organized project manager

Potential Areas of Focus:

IT and Other Project Management
Data and Workflow
Automation and Programming
New Analytics Development/Data Science
Emerging Risk Research
Knowledge:

- data and data structures/databases
- programming languages
- data science/statistics/mathematics
- investments, analytics knowledge and experience
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Characteristics: