Fractional Chief Risk Officer, Investments (Advisor Network)

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Arootah is seeking an experienced Chief Risk Officer, Investments to consult for hedge funds and family offices. You will guide investment risk management, develop risk frameworks, and oversee stress testing and KPI reporting for leading clients.

Candidates should have CRO-level experience, strong quantitative skills, and programming ability (R/Python/MATLAB). This role offers high-impact advisory work with flexible engagement options.

Qualifications

• Relevant quantitative degree required from an accredited university.
• CFA/FRM or similar designation is desired.
• 8+ years in a Hedge Fund/Family Office or investment firm at CRO level.
• Proficient in risk frameworks, VaR, stress tests and KPI reporting.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on investment and portfolio risk management needs.
• Develop monthly action plans and monitor progress.
• Identify roadblocks and break goals into actions.
• Design risk framework tools for portfolio analysis.
• Run stress tests and evaluate portfolio risk across asset classes.
• Prepare risk reports for senior management and clients.

Education

BS/BA in quantitative field

CFA/FRM preferred

MBA or quantitative master’s

8+ years CRO experience

3–5 years risk/quant/data science in asset mgmt

Strong programming (R, Python, MATLAB, VBA)

Asset classes knowledge

Market risk knowledge (VaR, stress)

Asset/liability management

Project management

Tools

MSCI BarraOne

BlackRock Aladdin

FactSet

SQL

Access

Job description

Opportunity Overview

Arootah engages a curated network of senior operators to support clients across the alternative investment industry, including hedge funds, private equity firms, and family offices. Advisors are deployed on project-based engagements when client needs match their expertise. Joining the network does not guarantee placement; it provides access to opportunities as they arise.

Why Join the Arootah Network

• Alt-industry-only engagements with hedge funds, private equity firms, and family offices

• Project-based work that fits around existing commitments

• Client origination and engagement management handled by Arootah; advisors focus on delivery

About Arootah

Arootah is a talent solutions firm purpose-built for the alternative investment industry. We advise and we execute, covering the full talent spectrum from entry to exit across five services: Talent Acquisition, Fractional Leadership, Talent Development, Retention & Compensation, and Transition.

Most talent firms solve one problem. Because we cover the full spectrum, we can help clients identify and solve the right one. We start with diagnosis, then deliver.

Our team has run alternative investment firms at the highest levels as COOs, CFOs, and CCOs. That operator experience, combined with 15+ years of alternatives-specific recruiting and a network of 700+ vetted advisors across 18 functional disciplines, is what makes the advice credible and the execution reliable. We also draw on a network of 600+ coaches, deploying those with specific experience guiding senior executives in the alternatives industry.

One industry. One talent partner. Entry to exit.

Learn more: https://arootah.com/

Who We’re Looking For

Arootah is searching for an experienced Chief Risk Officer, Investments to consult to our highly prestigious client base. As a consultant, you will work with our Hedge Fund and Family Office clients to provide expert advice. Having previously served in the role of Chief Risk Officer, Investments you have specific, hands‑on experience building, maintaining and overseeing the risk management efforts specifically focused on the investment and portfolio management activity of a leading Hedge Fund or Family Office.

Core Areas of Expertise

• Provide advice and guidance to Arootah clients who seek help with their investment and portfolio management risk needs. This will involve consulting to some of the leading Hedge Funds and Family Offices in the world and sharing your experience as a Chief Risk Officer, Investments in helping clients to:

• Develop realistic and effective monthly action plans.

• Identify internal and contextual roadblocks.

• Break apart goals into actionable steps.

• Devise a plan of action for each goal.

• Provide the client with resources associated with implementing their action plan.

• Implement policies, procedures, and control measures.

• Review, analyze and report on client tools and resources to ensure industry best practices.

• Evaluate each client’s advancement toward goal actualization through key performance indicators (KPIs) and scoring matrices.

• Maintain and share detailed and accurate records of consulting results (challenges, breakthroughs, etc.).

• Analyze portfolio and investment risk using various quantitative models/techniques and review the implications of potential investment decisions on total portfolio risk.

• Develop, maintain, and update investment risk framework tools to analyze individual investments and portfolios.

• Identify and evaluate risks, as well as run stress tests, across various asset classes, strategies, portfolios, and managers.

• Perform market and credit risk reporting and analysis of all investment activity, including VaR, stress loss, operational guidelines, transactional reviews, and liquidity risk.

• Perform day‑to‑day monitoring of exposures, and utilization against limits, as well as monitoring of P&L arising from market moves, and additional ad‑hoc analysis.

• Assist in enhancing methodology for calculating, monitoring, and managing risk in investment portfolios.

• Create and run optimization models to serve as a guide to Portfolio Managers in allocation decisions.

• Design and generate periodic risk reports for senior management and portfolio stakeholders.

• Perform ad‑hoc analysis requiring independent research and facility with various programming languages.

• Participate in the identification and evaluation of new risk strategies and technology.

• Measure, monitor, and independently assess risks in investment activities and elevate issues/concerns to Portfolio Managers.

• Monitor stress, performance, counterparty, and liquidity metrics against the thresholds and perform risk analysis on accounts that trigger risk thresholds.

• Help develop ESG metrics monitoring.

• Ensure compliance with risk oversight processes, policies, and procedures for investment risk.

What You Bring

• BS/BA degree in a quantitative discipline such as Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field from an accredited university.

• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), or similar professional designation is desired.

• MBA or other relevant graduate degrees in a quantitative discipline is a plus.

• 8+ years of relevant experience at a hedge fund, family office, or investment management firm serving in the role of Chief Risk Officer.

• Additional experience of between 3-5 years of working in risk management, trading, portfolio management, or data science role at an asset management firm, hedge fund, or family office.

• Familiarity with the use of a risk analysis application such as MSCI’s BarraOne, Blackrock Aladdin, FactSet, or similar. Strong quantitative/statistical knowledge with an ability to work on systems and databases (SQL, Access).

• Proven programming skills (R, MATLAB, Python, VBA, C#, etc.).

• Product knowledge and quantitative skills with a broad range of asset classes and investment strategies.

• Knowledge of market risk methodologies such as VaR, stress, and sensitivity analysis.

• Strong familiarity with asset/liability management.

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.