Market Risk Manager - Macro / Emerging Markets

Morgan McKinley; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley seeks an Investment Risk professional to monitor and assess portfolio risks across markets, collaborating with Portfolio Managers and desk heads to ensure risk is properly captured and reported.

The role involves building tools (Python/Excel) to monitor risk and P&L drivers, while communicating findings to senior management and traders for proactive risk management.

Qualifications

• Experience in Risk, Trading, Sales, Treasury or Quantitative Analysis.
• Rates Market Knowledge.
• Programming Skills (Python/SQL).
• Excellent analytical skills, and the ability to communicate and present complex information effectively.

Responsibilities

• Assist in monitoring and assessing the portfolio and risks taken by individual Portfolio Managers and ensure trading adheres to mandate in terms of sizing and appropriateness.
• Ensuring group and firm level risk exposures are appropriate and communicated appropriately both to senior management and to portfolio managers.
• Provide an independent assessment of portfolios, and present their findings clearly to management.
• Help produce and generate reports and monitors at a variety of levels and capture portfolio risks from various angles.
• Perform analysis on risk/ P&L drivers on regular basis and ad-hoc when required.

Skills

Risk management

Trading

Quantitative analysis

Python

SQL

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

Python

SQL

Excel

Job description

The Investment Risk team works closely with desk-heads, portfolio managers and traders to help manage portfolio risks across markets focusing on, but not limited to Rates, Emerging Markets and Commodities.

The team helps aggregate and understand portfolio risks at multiple levels, and work closely with the desk to understand and manage portfolio risks and drivers arising from portfolios and trading strategies.

The team also works with supporting groups to ensure Risk and PnL drivers are appropriately captured and represented.

Role overview:

The team responsibilities include:

• Assist in monitoring and assessing the portfolio and risks taken by individual Portfolio Managers and ensure trading adheres to mandate in terms of sizing and appropriateness.
• Ensuring group and firm level risk exposures are appropriate and communicated appropriately both to senior management and to portfolio managers.
• Provide an independent assessment of portfolios, and present their findings clearly to management.
• Help produce and generate reports and monitors at a variety of levels and capture portfolio risks from various angles.
• Perform analysis on risk/ P&L drivers on regular basis and ad-hoc when required.

The candidate will be expected to:

• Interact and build relationships with Senior Portfolio Managers and their teams, Desk Heads and Senior Management and Research teams to understand trading strategies, market dynamics and risks.
• Help drive agenda for EM Risk Assessment at Market/PM level and drive continual PM engagement.
• Be proactive in the development of tools to assess and monitor portfolio risks. This would be achieved by building or enhancing tools using Python or Excel, leveraging the firm’s rich infrastructure and analytics, working with the Tech/QR teams if required.
• Be comfortable in helping driving infrastructure changes with Tech/QR that help improve risk-capture and analysis and also working with support groups including Trading/Ops/Finance to improve process and workflow generally.

Experience required:

• Risk, Trading, Sales, Treasury or Quantitative Analysis background.
• Rates Market Knowledge.
• Programming Skills (Python/SQL).
• Excellent analytical skills, along with the ability to communicate and present complex information effectively.

About you:

• Solid market and product knowledge.
• Solid technical skills with ability to program in Python/SQL.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability and desire to build effective relationships with Portfolio Managers.
• Driven and motivated, willingness to show initiative and be accountable.