Prime Brokerage Risk Manager
Manages risk across global, multi-asset prime brokerage portfolios, including exposure monitoring, margin methodologies, stress testing, client risk reviews, and risk platform enhancements. Requires at least eight years of financial services experience, a bachelor’s degree, and expertise in equities and fixed income.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, engaging in discussions around portfolio onboarding, risk reviews, and ongoing risk management.
- Monitor intraday and end-of-day risk exposures and margin requirements across client portfolios.
- Track global markets through OMS and risk systems, escalating material issues to senior management as needed.
- Develop and maintain margin, risk, and stress-testing methodologies.
- Generate and automate ad hoc reporting to highlight key risk factors and portfolio exposures.
- Communicate critical risk observations to senior risk management and external clients.
- Support initiatives related to the development and enhancement of the firm’s risk and margin platforms.
- Collaborate with technology, product, engineering, and cross-functional teams to improve risk management infrastructure and margin capabilities.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional experience in prime brokerage risk, trading risk, or related roles covering equities and fixed income on the sell-side or buy-side.
- At least 8 years of overall professional experience in financial services.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or Financial Engineering.
- Solid understanding of equity and fixed-income products, including fundamental options pricing and associated risk measures.
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks and capital and margin rules applicable to risk management.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL preferred.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to engage confidently with clients and regulators.
- Demonstrated project management experience and ability to work closely with engineering and cross-functional teams.
- Analytical, detail-oriented, and quantitatively focused.
- Experience in risk policy development and implementation.
- Familiarity with Bloomberg, ICE, FactSet, or similar industry-standard tools.
Benefits and Compensation
- Competitive compensation package.
- Company equity.
- Pension.
- Gender-neutral parental leave.
- Full medical and dental insurance.
- Hybrid arrangement requiring employees to work in the office at least three days per week.
Skills
Python, SQL, Prime Brokerage, Risk Management, Margin Management, Stress Testing, Options Pricing, Equities, Fixed Income, Bloomberg, Ice, Factset, Oms, Regulatory Capital Rules, Portfolio Risk
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