Senior Hedge Fund Risk Analyst (Hybrid)

JCW Group; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JCW in Chicago is seeking an Investment Risk professional to join its team on a hybrid schedule with in-office presence three days a week. The role involves building and maintaining quantitative risk models for hedge fund investments, including factor decomposition, stress testing, and scenario analysis.

You will contribute to risk and portfolio construction analyses to support manager evaluation and investment decisions, while monitoring risk exposures and market trends relevant to specific

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or Financial Engineering, or equivalent technical experience
• 3 to 7 years of experience in investment analysis, risk management or asset allocation; exposure to hedge fund or absolute return strategies preferred
• Proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with large structured datasets (e.g. SQL, data lake environments)

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain quantitative risk models and analytics for evaluating hedge fund investments, including factor and alpha decomposition, stress testing and scenario analysis
• Contribute to risk and portfolio construction analysis to support manager evaluation and investment decisions
• Monitor and interpret risk exposures, factor trends and market conditions relevant to specific hedge fund strategies
• Design and deliver risk and performance reporting for internal stakeholders and investor transparency requests, including polished presentation materials

Skills

Python

SQL

Data Lake

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field

Job description

JCW in Chicago is seeking an Investment Risk professional to join its team on a hybrid schedule with in-office presence three days a week. The role involves building and maintaining quantitative risk models for hedge fund investments, including factor decomposition, stress testing, and scenario analysis.

You will contribute to risk and portfolio construction analyses to support manager evaluation and investment decisions, while monitoring risk exposures and market trends relevant to specific