Equity Market Risk Analyst (Analyst)

Overview

In this role you will support the Equities Risk team in London, providing daily risk oversight and governance for Jefferies’ equities businesses. You will collaborate with Trading, Risk Management and other control functions to ensure robust risk coverage, reporting, and escalation. The role focuses on improving risk analytics, automation and data quality as the business grows. You will help shape the risk framework and provide insights to senior stakeholders, contributing to scalable risk governance and transparency.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily risk coverage across equities businesses, monitoring exposures, limits and risk sensitivities
• Create and enhance risk reporting, dashboards and management information for desks and governance forums
• Offer independent challenge on risk positions, market developments and emerging risks
• Identify, escalate and resolve risk issues, limit breaches and data quality concerns
• Contribute to enhancements of the market risk framework as the business grows
• Develop and support risk automation initiatives to improve efficiency and visibility
• Utilize coding and data analysis to streamline reporting and analytics
• Collaborate with Risk Technology and other stakeholders to improve risk infrastructure and data workflows
• Engage with Trading, Risk Management, Operations, Finance and senior stakeholders for governance and escalation
• Support ad hoc analyses, stress testing, and materials for risk committees
• Maintain awareness of market developments and product changes impacting risk profile

Key requirements

• Strong academic background in a quantitative discipline (finance, economics, engineering, mathematics, computer science)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to interpret complex risk data
• Proactive, curious mindset with a drive to improve efficiency and risk transparency
• Interest in financial markets, risk management and equities
• High attention to detail and a strong control mindset around data quality and reporting
• Relevant experience in market risk, trading risk, product control or risk analytics preferred
• Coding experience or solid understanding of programming concepts for data analysis and automation

• Commercially aware with strong market interest
• Independent thinker with good judgement and escalation confidence
• Collaborative and able to build cross-functional relationships
• Coding and data analysis
• Data visualization and reporting
• Risk analytics and reporting tools

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