The Risk Management team is responsible for monitoring and managing the overall market, credit and liquidity risks faced by the Firm in its course of business, and ensuring that Portfolio Managers adhere to their investment objectives and risk parameters. Risk Management monitors Firm-wide trading on a daily, intra-day, and periodic basis to determine sector, market capitalization, dividend yield, style factor, FX, interest rate and credit exposures, as well as specific concentration and liquidity issues for traders and any trading deviations.
The intern will be exposed to the various functions of the Risk Management department and gain firsthand experience of the support provided to senior management, the trading desk and the portfolio management teams. The intern will be responsible for ad hoc daily functions as well as medium-term projects.
Job responsibilities
- Work alongside the European Risk Management team on daily risk monitoring and reporting tasks
- Gain knowledge around different categories of risk exposure across a broad range of asset classes including Equities, Rates, FX, Credit, Commodities
- Obtain a good understanding of Risk Management systems on a leading hedge fund platform
- Work with the Risk Technology team contributing to application development and project management
- Provide ad-hoc analysis in support of Portfolio Managers’ requests to enhance their investment process
- Work with Middle Office, Operations, Compliance to understand their requirements and manage issues
- Own and deliver a time-bound project with direct benefits to the Risk Management group
Qualifications, skills and requirements
- Master’s degree students i who are interested in a future career at a top-tier alternative asset financial services firm
- Minimum of 2:1 grade or higher
- Finance, Economics, or STEM degrees preferred
- Skills in econometrics, mathematics, probability, or mathematics are desirable
- Some experience in econometric, quantitative, or statistical modeling is essential
- Programming experience in Python, R, C/C++, Java, Rust, or another language is desirable
- Strong attention to detail and common-sense thinking
- Hardworking, friendly, honest, and enthusiastic
