Risk Director

Key Responsibilities / Duties

• Lead the Multi-Asset Risk team, with a focus on developing capabilities around identifying, assessing, monitoring and managing investment-related risks to portfolios/funds
• Build effective relationships with fund managers/front office through regular engagement around risk appetite, risk limits and significant new trades, and document related meetings
• Lead Risk engagement in the product development process for multi-asset and alternative funds
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders including the regulators
• Produce regular oversight reporting on funds and fund ranges to make risk profiles transparent to senior management and the Board, and represent the Risk Function on committees
• Oversee the Derivatives review process to ensure that all the instruments used/investments done are in line with the risk profile of funds
• Conduct regular due diligence on risk data, analytics and systems sourced internally or externally
• Oversee continuous improvement of existing risk processes and governance through the establishment of risk limit frameworks
• Ensure all activities are in line with Invesco’s Conduct principles
• May directly (either face to face or via telephone) meet with clients to provide them with information on Invesco products and strategies around risk management processes, approaches and analysis

Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required

• Effectively operate in a team-oriented and collaborative environment
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Good time management and be able to work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Excellent problem-solving capability
• Excellent communication skills

Formal Education

• Bachelor or Master degree in a quantitative subject (e.g. Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics)