Senior Risk Manager

Garda Capital Partners; Genf; Vor Ort; CHF 146.000 - 195.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Garda Capital Partners seeks a Senior Risk Manager with a macro or rates background to join our Risk Management team in New York or Geneva. The role focuses on identifying, measuring and monitoring risk for a growing portfolio management team.

Responsibilities include designing risk frameworks, building dashboards, and monitoring exposures daily and over the long term. Candidates should have 8–10 years’ experience and a strong track record in macro strategies.

Qualifikationen

• 8–10 years of experience at a leading bank or hedge fund.
• Master’s degree preferred in Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• Deep understanding of macro trading strategies and risk factors.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, time-sensitive team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Design and develop risk frameworks, processes, scenario analyses, and metrics for macro-focused portfolios.
• Conduct deep-dive analysis on PM portfolios; refine performance assessment with macro drivers.
• Build analytics, dashboards, and tools to monitor risk and share with Risk Management and PMs.
• Monitor and analyze risk exposures on a daily and longer-term basis.
• Work independently on complex, business-critical risk management projects.
• Develop expertise in non-macro trading strategies and market characteristics.
• Communicate key risk factors to the Risk Management team.

Kenntnisse

Macro trading strategies

Risk factors

Risk metrics

Scenario analyses

Verbal and written communication

Teamwork

Ausbildung

Master’s degree preferred

Jobbeschreibung

Garda Capital Partners (Garda) is a multi-billion dollar alternative investment firm with over 22 years of experience deploying relative value strategies across fixed income markets for institutional investors. We hire, grow, and mentor great talent and remain steadfast in our commitment to building a culture that helps them succeed. Garda is more than a workplace. We are built on trust, integrity, and a shared vision for how we work together, the enduring relationships we build, and the consistency of our results. Garda's primary offices are located in Wayzata, New York City, West Palm Beach, Geneva, Zug, Copenhagen, Singapore, and Scottsdale.

Garda’s Risk Management team is looking for a Senior Risk Manager with a macro or rates background to join our team in New York or Geneva. The role’s primary responsibility will be identifying, measuring and monitoring risk for a growing portfolio management team.

Position Responsibilities

• Helping design and develop risk frameworks, processes, scenario/stress analyses, and metrics for risk managing portfolios with a focus on macro strategies
• Conducting deep dive analysis on the relevant PM portfolios. Refine the process of performance assessment, with a keen focus on macro/thematic drivers and crowding analysis
• Building analytics, dashboards, and other tools to monitor risk and sharing with the Risk Management team and/or PMs
• Monitoring and analyzing risk exposures on both a daily and longer-term basis
• Working independently on complex and business-critical risk management projects
• Developing and applying expertise in non-macro trading strategies and market characteristics
• Communicating key risk factors to the broader Risk Management team

Qualifications & Desired Skills

• Minimum 8-10 years’ experience in a relevant role at a top tier bank or hedge fund
• Master’s degree preferred in Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field with strong academic performance
• Deep understanding of macro trading strategies and risk factors
• Understanding of when and how to design and apply different risk metrics, such as market sensitivity, scenario analyses, and volatility/expected loss.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-energy, time sensitive team environment
• Detail-oriented nature with strong verbal and written communication skills