Derivatives Portfolio & Risk Manager

CFA Institute; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Resolution Life is seeking a qualified professional to join the Balance Sheet Solutions & Derivatives team, focusing on managing and executing derivative strategies across the Group's insurance balance sheets. You will collaborate with risk, investments, actuarial, finance, and operations to translate strategies into execution, handling trade execution, collateral, and reporting.

The role emphasises governance, controls, and process improvements across the derivatives lifecycle, offering growth

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or analytical discipline.
• 4–8 years of derivatives experience in financial services.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with advanced Excel.
• Experience with market data platforms and Python/SQL/C# is beneficial.
• Understanding of insurance balance sheets and ALM is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support the management of the Group's derivative portfolio across cleared and uncleared instruments.
• Assist in the implementation and execution of derivative strategies aligned with balance sheet objectives.
• Support end-to-end trade lifecycle including pre-trade analysis, execution, confirmation, and monitoring.
• Assist in collateral and liquidity activities across CSAs including governance and process improvements.
• Prepare and maintain risk, liquidity, collateral, and performance reporting for decision-making.

Skills

Analytical skills

Advanced Excel

Python

SQL

C#

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative discipline

Tools

Bloomberg Terminal

Derivative management systems

Job description

Resolution Life is seeking a qualified professional to join the Balance Sheet Solutions & Derivatives team, focusing on managing and executing derivative strategies across the Group's insurance balance sheets. You will collaborate with risk, investments, actuarial, finance, and operations to translate strategies into execution, handling trade execution, collateral, and reporting.

The role emphasises governance, controls, and process improvements across the derivatives lifecycle, offering growth