Senior Risk Manager (Financial Risk)

Overview

In this role you will support the Financial Risk team to oversee market, liquidity, counterparty, and ESG risks, with a Europe focus. You will help develop frameworks, advise on best practices, and ensure regulatory alignment across UCITS, AIFMD, and related rules. You will work closely with front office, fund managers, and governance bodies to improve risk insight and reporting. The position offers scope to shape risk governance and contribute to a broad, firm-wide risk program. This is a chance to influence risk strategy in a leading asset manager with strong values and a collaborative culture.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working
• Generous holiday policies
• Excellent health and wellbeing benefits
• Paid volunteering time
• Tuition/qualification reimbursement and professional development
• Parental leave and family services

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine Market Risk oversight framework for global and region-specific regulations
• Advise on market risk methodologies (VaR, leverage, stress testing) and implement best practices
• Ensure Market Risk activities meet regional regulatory requirements (UCITS, AIFMD) and report accordingly
• Model complex derivatives for market risk monitoring and support Side by Side Risk and Risk vs Fees initiatives
• Contribute to ICARA stress testing and provide relevant analysis
• Develop and implement firm-wide Liquidity Risk Management framework aligned with European regulations
• Support Counterparty Risk program development, monitoring, and reporting
• Support ESG risk program development, monitoring, and reporting
• Provide risk escalation, mentor junior team members, and prepare management information for boards and committees
• Represent Financial Risk to clients, boards, and internal committees as required

Key requirements

• Significant experience in market risk, credit/counterparty risk, and liquidity risk management
• Strong knowledge of quantitative market risk measures and regulatory rules for investment risk, counterparty risk, ESG risk, and liquidity risk in Europe
• Experience with risk management tools, specifically MSCI RiskMetrics, LiquidityMetrics, and Aladdin
• Knowledge of financial market and asset management products
• Willingness to build, implement, and maintain new analytical processes and frameworks
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred; professional qualifications are a plus

• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to delegate and lead teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Market risk methodologies (VaR, stress testing, leverage)
• UCITS, AIFMD regulatory knowledge
• Derivatives pricing and risk modelling

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