Job Title: Senior Fund Risk Manager
Job Summary: We are seeking a skilled and experienced fund risk manager to join our team. As a senior fund risk manager, you will be responsible for implementing and maintaining effective risk management policies and procedures to identify, measure, and monitor all relevant investment and funds risks.
Key Responsibilities:
* Deployment of effective and efficient risk management policies, procedures, and processes to identify, measure, and monitor all relevant investment and funds risks.
* Adherence to regulatory and product limits, liquidity requirements, and other internal limits, as well as carrying out stress testing on funds in line with regulatory requirements.
* Implementation and maintenance of investment and fund risk-related policies and procedures, including the Risk Management Process, in collaboration with colleagues.
* Monitoring the regulatory and legislative horizon in Ireland, Luxembourg, and at a European level to ensure that proposed and impending changes impacting on their areas of responsibility are promptly and thoroughly identified, assessed, and implemented in a timely manner.
* Monitoring and analysing the risk profiles of the funds under management, including the use of leverage and any changes to the SRI/SRRI arising from changes to the investment strategy, market volatility, or other risk metrics.
* Monitoring and investigating reported overruns of fund and investment risk limits against internal client and regulatory thresholds and the rectification of same.
* Monitoring and assessing liquidity risk and carrying out liquidity stress testing in accordance with regulatory requirements to provide assurance to the Boards of the funds and the company in relation to the ongoing liquidity of the funds and mandates.
* Monitoring and assessing the impact of market, credit, and counterparty risk arising across the funds and mandates to ensure that any material changes arising are investigated, managed, and reported and that the funds maintain appropriate diversification across counterparties.
Requirements:
* Demonstrable experience in financial risk management within the asset management or funds environment and with several years' experience interacting with and reporting to senior management.
* Significant knowledge of global macro and emerging markets, ability to develop market views, and explain investment ideas.
* Strong knowledge of the technical aspects of fixed income, credit, and currency markets and equities within developed and emerging markets.
* Technical knowledge of European UCITS and AIF regulations and European (ESMA) guidelines on fund risk management topics.
* Knowledge of the Central Bank of Ireland and the regulatory environment in Ireland with experience of the Luxembourg regulatory regime an advantage.