Investment Risk Manager

Job Description

Main Responsibilities Independently identify, assess, measure, supervise, mitigate and report on investment risk (market, credit, liquidity and counterparty risk) as it relates to the funds and where issues arise bring to the attention of portfolio managers, first line risk managers and risk committees. Provide ongoing (daily / monthly / quarterly) risk monitoring and reporting on the full suite of funds for the Asia region. Prepare periodic reporting to global, regional and local risk committees on investment risk. Ensure the requirements of the region are met, by the ongoing improvement of analysis and reporting and tools used across the risk function. Provide support to the risk management framework, policies and procedures across the Asia region. Help ensure that the various elements of the risk management framework are embedded in the organisation and operating efficiently across the region. Maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, PineBridge Asia Executive team, Portfolio Managers and regional risk and compliance teams. Stay ahead of external regulatory bodies and assess any potential impact and provide support in ensuring that the investment risk is aligned with the regulatory curve for the region. Proactively investigate risk events including deep dives to identify issues arising. Incident and breach reporting with escalation procedures in place to the Group and other relevant Stakeholders and Committees. Qualifications Minimum 7 to 10 years meaningful experience in investment risk management at an investment management firm and previous experience in a regulated role is required. A self-starter, with the ability to take ownership and to support the risk strategy for the region and work independently with autonomy. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a global business and build positive relationships across different locations. Excellent understanding of data reconciliation and related experience working with various risk systems (BlackRock Aladdin, FactSet or Bloomberg etc.). Candidate should demonstrate that s/he is familiar with one or more of risk systems (e.g., BlackRock Aladdin, FactSet and Bloomberg). Proven experience in using Marco VBA to automate the risk monitoring tasks. Detailed understanding of various risk measures such as Stress Testing, VaR and TE. Especially in setup Stress Testing parameters within different risk systems and to manually calculate VaR & TE. Strong understanding of financial derivatives products e.g. TRS, CDS and FX Fwd including the Fair Value and Risk Measures. Experience in Python for the running return attribution analysis. Proficiency in technical skills, such as Python, along with a strong working knowledge of risk management metrics like VaR, is mandatory. Experience in interpreting regulatory risk requirements. Regulatory knowledge of various regulators in terms of risk requirements i.e. Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Monetary Authority of Singapore and Financial Supervisory Commission is desirable. Master’s degree in Mathematics, Financial Engineering or a similar quantitative field. Show more Show less