Equity Risk Strategist (Long/Short & Volatility)

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business in New York seeks an Equity Risk Analyst to join the investment risk function. The role centers on supporting its Long/Short Equity platform with exposure to Equity Volatility and Systematic Equity strategies, working closely with portfolio managers to monitor exposures and deliver actionable risk insights.

The successful candidate will contribute to enhancing risk infrastructure, develop analytical tools, and help automate reporting to improve

Formación

• Approximately 2–5 years of experience in equity risk or related analytical roles.
• Strong understanding of Long/Short Equity strategies and risk drivers.
• Experience analysing exposures, factor sensitivities and drawdowns.
• Proficiency in Excel; Python/SQL experience is a plus.
• Interest in risk infrastructure and developing analytical tools.

Responsabilidades

• Work with Long/Short Equity PMs to monitor exposures and risk parameters.
• Analyse gross and net exposure, concentration, and correlations.
• Engage with PMs to discuss risk insights and portfolio positioning.
• Conduct performance attribution, stress tests and scenario analyses.
• Support risk monitoring across volatility and systematic equity strategies.
• Identify emerging concentrations and vulnerabilities across portfolios.
• Contribute to risk limits, monitoring frameworks and early-warning indicators.
• Collaborate with tech/data teams to improve risk infrastructure and reporting tooling.
• Automate recurring processes to improve reporting efficiency and accuracy.
• Develop analytics that provide timely risk insights to senior stakeholders.

Conocimientos

Equity risk understanding

Portfolio risk analysis

Communication with PMs

Analytical problem solving

Herramientas

Excel

Python

SQL

Descripción del empleo

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business in New York seeks an Equity Risk Analyst to join the investment risk function. The role centers on supporting its Long/Short Equity platform with exposure to Equity Volatility and Systematic Equity strategies, working closely with portfolio managers to monitor exposures and deliver actionable risk insights.

The successful candidate will contribute to enhancing risk infrastructure, develop analytical tools, and help automate reporting to improve