Risk Manager

ActusRayPartners Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

ActusRayPartners is seeking a Risk Manager to join the Risk team in Hong Kong. You will be responsible for independent investment and operational risk, working closely with the Investment team to maintain risk controls and monitor limits across strategies.

You will lead the Risk team’s day-to-day operations, oversee pre-trade and post-trade monitoring, and prepare risk reports for the Risk Committee. Strong English, analytics, and advanced Excel skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience in asset management, investment consulting or securities with focus on investment risk and analytics.
• Tertiary qualifications in Finance, Economics or Mathematics-based degree.
• Strong understanding of risk management frameworks, methodologies and controls in investment operations or asset management.
• Actuarial training an advantage.
• CFA or FRM an advantage.
• Strong numerical skills; stochastic knowledge an advantage.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Adobe PDF.
• Native fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a robust risk management framework in line with the Risk Management Policy.
• Oversee day-to-day functions of the Risk team and advise on investment risk limits.
• Supervise pre-trade and post-trade monitoring, address breaches and ensure resolution.
• Review risk limits within OMS/PMS (Eze or external) as appropriate.
• Monitor VaR and risk profile consistency across funds and accounts.
• Monitor counterparty risk and enhance credit risk monitoring.
• Conduct risk reviews including best-execution, TCA and vendor due diligence.
• Produce risk reports for Risk Committee and provide insights.
• Handle regulatory reporting related to short selling and other investment risks.
• Represent the firm professionally with clients and service providers.

Skills

Risk management

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

English fluency

Education

Finance/Economics/Mathematics degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Outlook

Adobe PDF

Job description

ActusRayPartners is a fast-growing emerging asset management company with strong absolute and risk-adjusted performance. Founded in late 2019 by former Macquarie Bank colleagues, the firm commenced operations in early 2021 and currently has a team of ~37. The firm is headquartered in Hong Kong with additional presence in Sydney, Australia.

ActusRayPartners has a collaboration agreement with Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited, a Hong Kong listed financial services company (86.HK) and we co-locate in their headquarters. The firm’s underlying clients include elite global financial institutions, foundations and endowments, pension (ERISA) funds, private banks, and family offices.

ActusRayPartners was nominated as 1 of 50 “Tomorrow’s Titans” by the hedge fund journal in 2021. Subsequently have won or been nominated for performance awards, for one or more strategies in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Our investment process is called Discretionary Probabilistic Investing. Currently we apply this to creating alpha in equity markets across Asia and Europe. We may expand into the Americas in the future and are selectively offering long-only versions of our work. The investment process has a quantitative framework focusing on stock selection, which incorporates a highly differentiated style of discretion, applied across a very large number of positions.

ActusRayPartners aims to deliver an elite level of performance and servicing to its clients. In keeping with this objective, our team members are recognized as leaders in their various fields.

Job Description:

With continued business growth, ActusRayPartners is seeking a Risk Manager to join our Risk team.

The Risk Manager will work closely with the Investment team and will be responsible for independent investment and operational risk within the firm.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring a robust framework is maintained in accordance with our Risk Management Policy;
• Overseeing the day-to-day functions of the Risk team;
• Advising on investment risk limits appropriate for our strategies;
• Supervising daily pre-trade and post-trade monitoring of our investment risk limits and trading activities, including any investment risk limit breaches and ensuring appropriate actions are taken to complete resolution of breaches;
• Reviewing and implementing investment risk limits within our OMS / PMS system Eze or externally as appropriate;
• Monitoring the consistency of the risk profile (including VaR) of similar mandates across our funds and separately managed accounts;
• Monitoring counterparty risk within the funds and across the firm and, as appropriate, enhancing our proprietary credit risk monitor;
• Conducting periodic and ad-hoc risk reviews, (including but not limited to best-execution, TCA analysis and due diligence on service providers);
• Performance monitoring across all accounts and ensuring adherence with GIPS;
• Producing risk reports for the Risk Committee, enhancing the standard of reporting and providing relevant insights and advice;
• Short selling and other investment related regulatory reporting as required for our strategies;
• Representing the firm professionally in internal and external correspondence, with stakeholders including existing and prospective clients, business partners, fund directors and service providers; and
• Cultivating a culture of risk awareness across the firm.

Qualifications and Experience:

• 7+ years’ experience ideally in asset management, investment consulting or the securities industry, with a focus on investment risk and analytics.
• Tertiary qualifications in Finance, Economics or a Mathematics based degree.
• Strong understanding of risk management frameworks, methodologies, and controls, particularly in investment operations or asset management.
• Actuarial training an advantage.
• CFA or FRM an advantage.
• Strong numerical skills; intuitive understanding of numbers. Statistical knowledge an advantage.
• Proficiency and extensive experience with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Adobe PDF.
• Native fluency in spoken and written English.

Desired Qualities:

• Client presence and desire to develop into one of our leaders of tomorrow.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, operating in the top 1-5% in the world standard.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Strong numerical and Excel skills.
• Good memory.
• Proactive, reliable and self-motivated.
• Ability to multi-task and work independently.
• Presentable with strong client communication skills.
• Highest level of ethical standards and integrity.
• Strong reasoning skills, with concise and clear messaging.
• Organized and efficient with regular time-sensitive tasks.
• Team player with a strong work ethic.
• Adaptable to changing priorities and business needs.
• Intuitive understanding of the importance of putting the client first.