Senior Portfolio Risk Analyst (London)

Royal Bank of Canada>; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The RBC BlueBay Portfolio Risk Management team seeks a professional responsible for independent risk oversight and analytics to support portfolio managers. This role includes managing risks, conducting analyses, and producing insights that guide investment decisions in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

World-class training program in financial services

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in buy-side or sell-side risk management.
• Proficiency in Fixed Income market instruments, cash, and derivatives.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day risk management and support senior risk managers.
• Production of risk reports for various portfolios.
• Conduct analyses to enhance risk modeling.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Risk Management

Economic Analysis

Investment Risk Management

Business Process Design

Education

Master’s Degree in a quantitative subject

Tools

Python

VBA

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Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The RBC BlueBay Portfolio Risk Management team is responsible for providing independent risk oversight as well as day-to-day support and analyses to portfolio managers. The team focuses on top-down and bottom-up risks identification, risk decomposition, scenario analyses, and liquidity risk across strategies to provide quantitative and qualitative portfolio risk advisory and support investment decision-making.

To take ownership of the Portfolio Risk Management team day-to-day responsibilities and support the Senior Risk Managers in the risk management, analysis and reporting of market and liquidity risks for BlueBay’s fund products.

What will you do?

On a daily basis the individual will be responsible for the following:

• Work together with the senior risk managers to provide day-to-day risk management of the Multi Asset Credit desk and other asset classes as required.
• Challenge portfolio managers on top-down and bottom-up risk concentrations.
• Production of risk reports and tools for a range of portfolios across different strategies to enhance the risk team’s ability to capture and understand all relevant risks.
• Run ad-hoc risk analysis and what-if scenarios to support the senior risk managers and the investment teams understanding and managing risks across RBC BlueBay’s funds and strategies.
• Liaise with risk control, data team, operations and finance to ensure all positions are correctly reflected in the risk systems and all relevant risks modelled as expected.
• Liquidity data analysis and periodic sign-off and reporting of top-down fund liquidity profile and bottom-up liquidity.
• Conduct ex-post and ex-ante analyses to enhance the risk modeling and infrastructure.
• Support the BAU activity providing risk data and reports to the investment teams, business development and client reporting.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Participate in the development of risk management tools and in cross-team projects

What do you need to succeed?

• Master’s Degree educated or equivalent in a quantitative subject with extensive experience in buy-side or sell-side risk management or front office
• Knowledge of Fixed Income market instruments, cash and derivatives
• Strong IT skills, fluency in Python is required as well as proficiency in at least one additional programming language (e.g. VBA)
• A growth mindset and self-starting personality with a keen attention to details
• Ability to think proactively, and suggest improvements to processes
• Have excellent communication skills at all levels and ability to work within a close-knit environment both at team and organisational level
• Eager to learn and ability to work under pressure.
• Be patient, tactful, diplomatic, helpful and approachable.

What is in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best - progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses, flexible benefits and competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Opportunities to work with the best in the field
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services

Job Skills

Business Process Design, Critical Thinking, Derivatives, Economic Analysis, Financial Instruments, Fraud Risk Management, Industry Knowledge, Investment Risk Management, Risk Control, Risk Management

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The RBC BlueBay Portfolio Risk Management team is responsible for providing independent risk oversight as well as day-to-day support and analyses to portfolio managers. The team focuses on top-down and bottom-up risks identification, risk decomposition, scenario analyses, and liquidity risk across strategies to provide quantitative and qualitative portfolio risk advisory and support investment decision-making.

To take ownership of the Portfolio Risk Management team day-to-day responsibilities and support the Senior Risk Managers in the risk management, analysis and reporting of market and liquidity risks for BlueBay’s fund products.

What will you do?

On a daily basis the individual will be responsible for the following:

• Work together with the senior risk managers to provide day-to-day risk management of the Multi Asset Credit desk and other asset classes as required.
• Challenge portfolio managers on top-down and bottom-up risk concentrations.
• Production of risk reports and tools for a range of portfolios across different strategies to enhance the risk team’s ability to capture and understand all relevant risks.
• Run ad-hoc risk analysis and what-if scenarios to support the senior risk managers and the investment teams understanding and managing risks across RBC BlueBay’s funds and strategies.
• Liaise with risk control, data team, operations and finance to ensure all positions are correctly reflected in the risk systems and all relevant risks modelled as expected.
• Liquidity data analysis and periodic sign-off and reporting of top-down fund liquidity profile and bottom-up liquidity.
• Conduct ex-post and ex-ante analyses to enhance the risk modeling and infrastructure.
• Support the BAU activity providing risk data and reports to the investment teams, business development and client reporting.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Participate in the development of risk management tools and in cross-team projects

What do you need to succeed?

• Master’s Degree educated or equivalent in a quantitative subject with extensive experience in buy-side or sell-side risk management or front office
• Knowledge of Fixed Income market instruments, cash and derivatives
• Strong IT skills, fluency in Python is required as well as proficiency in at least one additional programming language (e.g. VBA)
• A growth mindset and self-starting personality with a keen attention to details
• Ability to think proactively, and suggest improvements to processes
• Have excellent communication skills at all levels and ability to work within a close-knit environment both at team and organisational level
• Eager to learn and ability to work under pressure.
• Be patient, tactful, diplomatic, helpful and approachable.

What is in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best - progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses, flexible benefits and competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Opportunities to work with the best in the field
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services

Job Skills

Business Process Design, Critical Thinking, Derivatives, Economic Analysis, Financial Instruments, Fraud Risk Management, Industry Knowledge, Investment Risk Management, Risk Control, Risk Management

Additional Job Details

Address:

100 BISHOPSGATE:LONDON

City:

London

Country:

United Kingdom

Work hours/week:

35

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-06-04

Application Deadline:

2025-06-19

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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