Director, ISG Risk Valuations

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Ontario seeks a Director for their Investment Solutions Group to lead Risk Valuation operations. This role involves managing technology solutions and teams, ensuring compliance, and driving strategic goals in risk and finance. The ideal candidate will possess over a decade of experience in Capital Markets, focusing on risk measurement and valuation, and must demonstrate strong leadership and customer engagement skills.

Benefits

100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits

Learning and development initiatives

Yoga classes and wellness seminars

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Capital Markets (risk, valuation).
• 5+ years in leading diverse technologies and technical teams.
• Comprehensive knowledge of valuation models and finance theory.

Responsibilities

• Lead Risk Valuation Technology team and collaborate with business partners.
• Accountable for risk valuation technology platform and solution delivery.
• Manage relationships with senior clients across finance and risk sectors.

Skills

Risk measurement

Valuation

Statistical analysis

Quantitative work

Customer focus

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics or Computer Science

CFA or FRM designation

Job description

high-performance, people-focused culture

our commitment that equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves

learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees’ career growth

membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pensionplan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security

competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team's diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, parental leave top-up, and a health spending account).

optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%

yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars

the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, byproviding a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers

Job Summary :

The Investment Solutions Group (ISG) delivers advanced technological solutions to HOOPP traders, portfolio managers, and cross functional teams including Risk Management and Finance.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Investment Risk & Analytics Solutions, the Director, ISG Risk Valuations will be leading projects and operations on both internal and external valuation engines, compliance, risk and reporting solutions across Finance, Risk and Investment Management functions.

What you will do :

Lead the Risk Valuation Technology team (business analysts and developers) by example and demonstrating HOOPP’s Core Values on a consistent basis

Leveraging your expertise in risk, valuation and technology, collaborate with Finance, and Risk business partners to drive vision and achieve goals on the technology underpinning the operations of the business teams.

Accountable for the Risk Valuation technology platform including solution prioritization, design and delivery involving the pricing and valuation across a comprehensive set of asset classes (Equity, Fixed Income, Credit, Derivatives, FX, OTC products etc.)

Act as the Product Owner and deploying team members in developing and realizing the product vision (develop roadmaps, manage scope, define minimal viable products, prioritize backlog, create stories to incorporate user and technical feedback etc.)

Develops and maintains strong business partnerships, including anticipating their future technology needs, joint business planning, support in defining strategic objectives and results with a focus on breaking down those bigger goals into quarterly targets for platform teams. This includes identifying and measuring business value, and providing ongoing communications related to platform / service suite goals.

Collaborate closely with the broader ISG teams on cross functional strategic goals on HOOPP’s investment platform.

Manages relationships with several VP / Sr Director / Directors clients across Investment Finance, Investment Risk & Investment Management to ensure department vision and delivery are aligned with business objectives.

Work closely with clients to make effective strategic decisions on portfolio level work / projects, as the outcome of these decisions has widespread impact- Multiple angles and potential outcomes must be considered / evaluated

Who you are :

10+ years of experience within Capital Markets (Banks, Asset Management Firms, Vendors) in risk measurement, reporting, valuation, statistical analysis and quantitative work

5+ years’ experience in leading diverse technologies and a variety of technical teams including, software development, Infrastructure Engineering, platform management

A strong sense of customer focus with implementing customer support strategies in a multiple platforms / services environment

Breadth and depth of Investment Product knowledge including portfolio theory, investment strategies and pricing theories

Comprehensive knowledge of valuation models, risk models, finance theory

Comprehensive understanding of system development life cycle, techniques and tools

Comprehensive understanding of front-, middle- and back-office processes and workflows

Have experience balancing time constraints and analysis requirements to make good decisions

Excellent collaboration and relationship management skills, including the ability to influence and strengthen relationships across the HOOPP enterprise, with senior investment leaders, divisional executives, internal stakeholders, and service providers.

Experience in playing multiple hands on and leadership roles throughout career (Solution Visioning, Analysis, Solution Design, sizing, building / implementing, QA, Prod Promotions, Production Support)

Experience in building teams as well as implementing Agile Scrum development environment

Degree in Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics or Computer Science; CFA or FRM designation a plus

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