Director, ISG Risk Valuations

HOOPP; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Ontario is seeking a Director for the Investment Solutions Group. This role involves leading the Risk Valuation Technology team, managing relationships across various departments, and ensuring alignment with business objectives. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in capital markets and strong leadership skills, driving strategic initiatives in risk and valuation technology.

Benefits

100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits

Membership in defined benefit pension plan

Learning and development initiatives

Yoga classes and wellness seminars

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Capital Markets, risk measurement, and valuation.
• 5+ years of experience leading technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Risk Valuation Technology team and demonstrate core values.
• Accountable for the Risk Valuation technology platform.
• Collaborate with business partners to drive technology vision.

Skills

Customer Focus

Collaboration

Relationship Management

Education

Degree in Finance

Degree in Mathematics

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Statistics

Degree in Computer Science

Job description

Why you’ll love working here:

• 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