Senior Portfolio Risk Architect

Barclay Simpson; City Of London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclay Simpson, on behalf of a well-established UK investment and wealth management business, seeks a senior investment risk professional to own the portfolio risk capability. You will develop a more sophisticated and scalable approach across a broad range of client portfolios.

The role combines quantitative portfolio analysis, framework development and senior stakeholder engagement, with initial focus on analytics, VaR, stress testing and governance, and potential for team growth.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative skills and practical understanding of how portfolios are managed.
• Experience in investment risk environments such as wealth management, asset management or investment consulting.

Responsibilities

• Develop portfolio analytics across market exposures, concentration, volatility, correlations and diversification.
• Produce and enhance VaR, scenario analysis and portfolio stress-testing capabilities.
• Analyze factor exposures and drivers of portfolio risk and return.
• Assess portfolios against relevant benchmarks, mandates and investment parameters.
• Identify unusual concentrations and explain potential impact to investment teams.
• Develop dashboards, reporting and management information that makes portfolio risk understandable.
• Improve processes and controls to identify, monitor and escalate investment risks.
• Collaborate with investment, research, data, technology and risk teams to improve data quality and availability.
• Help establish governance and oversight as the capability develops.
• Support senior management with analysis relating to portfolio construction and client outcomes.
• Remit may broaden to liquidity, counterparty exposures, investment models and other risks.

Skills

Excel

Quantitative skills

Portfolio risk analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Power BI

Python

Job description

Barclay Simpson, on behalf of a well-established UK investment and wealth management business, seeks a senior investment risk professional to own the portfolio risk capability. You will develop a more sophisticated and scalable approach across a broad range of client portfolios.

The role combines quantitative portfolio analysis, framework development and senior stakeholder engagement, with initial focus on analytics, VaR, stress testing and governance, and potential for team growth.