Quant Risk Analyst

We are seeking an equity risk professional to join the risk group with a primary focus on investment research and analytics and risk oversight for managers on the global discretionary long/short equity platform, with a particular focus on Asia market. The candidate will help to support the long/short business by developing analytics related to risk, performance and process attribution of portfolio managers and analysts. This person will help to build and maintain analytical models used by the management team and proprietary applications, as well as provide daily operational support to the broader team, including researching ad hoc requests from portfolio managers and senior management.

Requirements

• At least 10 years experience in a related role (quantitative trading or risk) with knowledge of finance and financial products
• Strong mathematical and statistical modeling (knowledge of matrix algebra and linear analysis)
• Passion for learning and discovering new ideas in quantitative finance
• Proficiency with procedural programming skills (familiarity with Python or R)
• Comfort with analysis of large datasets, high-level attention to detail
• A strong track record of creative problem solving
• Very strong coding skills (familiarity with Python, R, or other procedural language)
• Strong communication skills

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