Senior Associate, Total Fund Risk Analytics (12-month contract / Acting Assignment)

Black Ties Group Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Associate for their Total Fund Risk Analytics team. This role involves analyzing investment risks, developing risk engineering tools, and enhancing reporting capabilities. You will collaborate with various divisions to ensure accurate risk assessments and provide insights that inform governance and investment decisions. The position offers a hybrid work environment, competitive compensation, and numerous opportunities for professional growth. Join a team committed to innovation and excellence in the financial services sector.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Professional growth opportunities

Flexible/hybrid work environment

Flexible Travel Program

Employee discount programs

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of investment risk experience in financial services.
• Proficient with SQL and coding in Python or VBA.
• Ability to analyze large datasets and derive insights.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily analysis and reporting of fund’s asset mix and market risk.
• Develop in-house risk engineering tools and reporting suite.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for model and reporting enhancements.

Skills

Investment Risk Analysis

Data Analysis

SQL

Python

VBA

PowerBI

Tableau

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Risk Management

Degree in Financial Mathematics

Degree in Data Science

Degree in Business/Finance

Tools

PowerBI

Tableau

Snowflake

Job description

The opportunity

The Total Fund Risk Analytics team is responsible for reviewing, publishing, interpreting, and communicating OTPP’s risk profile and investment exposure at total fund level. The team’s key responsibilities include ensuring the accurate and timely production of OTPP’s asset mix, investment exposure, credit counterparty risk and liquidity risk measures and reports and provide data-driven insights. The team is also accountable for ensuring model, governance and report enhancements are implemented in an effective and controlled manner. The Senior Associate will work with Investment Division, Risk division, Finance division and EOD division to design and implement new limits, products, models and reports as required by Board, internal committee and external regulator bodies.

Who you'll work with

You will develop, and maintain relationships with stakeholders across the Investment, Risk, Finance and Enterprise Operation divisions while working in a collaborative culture.

What you'll do

• Conduct daily analysis, reporting and monitoring of the fund’s asset mix, investment exposure and market risk measures against board and trading limits and identify trends and insights that can be used to facilitate governance and investment decisions

• Develop and enhance in-house developed risk engineering tools and Business Intelligence reporting suite to facilitate deeper understanding of PnL and risk drivers through large data set, across a wide range of asset classes and products

• Utilize automation languages to improve control, reduce operational steps and risks and improve management metrics availability for the fund’s risk and exposure measurement and attribution practice

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to implement data, model and reporting enhancements with a focus on asset mix, investment exposure and sensitivities

• Provide independent consulting for new business and products from risk and exposure measurement aspect

• Support the maintenance of documentation, procedures and processes related to analytical and reporting needs

• Support and champion innovation, efficiency applicable to reports and daily processes

• Support internal and external governance committee and bodies with required data and analytics needs

What you'll need

• 1-3 years of investment risk related experience in the financial services/investment management industry; buy-side exposure is an asset

• Broad understanding of asset classes across public and private sectors, and risk stripes including market risk, liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk

• Ability to attribute PNL or VaR/ETL metrics into risk factors is strongly preferred

• Experience of risk, performance or exposure reporting using PowerBI, Tableau is a must. Experience with Snowflake is an asset.

• Proficient with SQL and ability to code independently in Python or VBA. Ability to manipulate and analyze large datasets.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels

• Relevant university degree (such as Risk Management, Financial Mathematics, Data Science, Business/Finance)

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What we’re offering

• Competitive compensation

• Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development

• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working

• Our Flexible Travel Program gives you the option to work abroad in another region/country for up to a month each year

• Employee discount programs including Edvantage and Perkopolis

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How to apply

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Functional Areas:

Finance

Requisition ID:

6423