Senior Equity Risk Manager - Hybrid (Baltimore/NY)

Franklin Templeton; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with generous match

Paid time off

Job summary

Franklin Templeton in Baltimore is seeking a Senior Equity Risk professional to provide independent oversight of the firm’s equity business, delivering rigorous portfolio analytics and actionable risk insights. You will work with portfolio managers and senior stakeholders to align risks with objectives, leveraging Aladdin and Barra systems.

The role emphasizes transitioning to Aladdin analytics, communicating insights clearly, and applying advanced methods and visualization to risk monitoring.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of direct experience in asset management, ideally focused on equity market risk, investment risk, or investment departments; direct equity risk experience highly preferred.
• Quantitative or scientific degree preferred; CFA, FRM, or PRM progress/completion preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess key risks and trends by conducting in-depth risk analysis across style, sector, country, cap-size, and other dimensions using tools such as Barra, Aladdin, or similar risk systems.
• Translate complex quantitative output into concise insights and message to communicate with portfolio managers and senior executives.
• Apply advanced analytical methods, including AI and visualization, to improve the efficiency, consistency, and insightfulness of risk monitoring.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, market developments and emerging risk themes to proactively identify potential vulnerabilities and strengthen the risk oversight function.
• Help lead the team’s transition to Aladdin, including analytics validation, model comparison, interpretation of outputs, and dashboard enhancements.

Skills

Volatility risk

Tracking error

Risk decomposition

Portfolio risk profiles

MSCI BarraOne

Aladdin Green Package

Python

Power BI

Education

Quantitative degree

CFA/FRM/PRM progress

Tools

MSCI BarraOne

Aladdin Green Package

Power BI

Python

Job description

Franklin Templeton in Baltimore is seeking a Senior Equity Risk professional to provide independent oversight of the firm’s equity business, delivering rigorous portfolio analytics and actionable risk insights. You will work with portfolio managers and senior stakeholders to align risks with objectives, leveraging Aladdin and Barra systems.

The role emphasizes transitioning to Aladdin analytics, communicating insights clearly, and applying advanced methods and visualization to risk monitoring.