Graduate Trading Risk Analyst - Real-Time Risk & Tools

Da Vinci; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Meal allowance

Expat support

Social events

Travel reimbursement

In-house chef meals

Job summary

Da Vinci invites graduates to join as a Graduate Trading Risk Analyst, monitoring real-time trading activity, analyzing market risk, and helping enhance the risk framework. You will collaborate with traders, quants, and developers across high-demand environments.

This role offers challenging projects, involvement with risk controls, and a clear path to growth within a fast-growing trading house; relocation assistance is provided for candidates moving from abroad.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled or recently graduating from Bachelor's or Master's in Econometrics or similar.
• Strong interest in financial markets, derivative products, and risk management.
• Experience in Python or C++ for data analysis and model development.
• Solid understanding of statistics, probability, and financial modeling techniques.
• Familiarity with SQL, Excel, and VBA is a plus.
• Exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills; able to explain complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, curious, and comfortable taking initiative in a high-stakes environment.
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team under time-sensitive conditions.
• Comprehensive training to kick off your career
• An opportunity to work in a high-tech, driven environment

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze trading activity, risk exposures, and P&L across portfolios in real time.
• Help build, enhance, and maintain quantitative tools and models for market risk assessment.
• Perform scenario analyses, stress tests, and backtests to understand behavior under different market conditions.
• Collaborate with traders and developers to proactively identify and mitigate risks in fast-moving environments.
• Design and develop intuitive tools and dashboards for visualizing risk and market dynamics.
• Investigate anomalies in data or trading behavior to support continuous improvement of controls and processes.
• Help ensure adherence to internal risk policies and contribute to the development of new frameworks.
• Support day-to-day risk monitoring and operational processes critical to trading activities.

Skills

Python

C++

SQL

Excel

VBA

Analytical thinking

Communication

Independent work

Teamwork

Education

Econometrics degree (Bachelor's or Master's)

Job description

Da Vinci invites graduates to join as a Graduate Trading Risk Analyst, monitoring real-time trading activity, analyzing market risk, and helping enhance the risk framework. You will collaborate with traders, quants, and developers across high-demand environments.

This role offers challenging projects, involvement with risk controls, and a clear path to growth within a fast-growing trading house; relocation assistance is provided for candidates moving from abroad.