Risk Manager
About the firm
As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to clients around the world.
Our people are at the very core of our success. Employees get more out of life through comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including flexible paid time off, a hybrid work schedule, 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6%, health and wellbeing benefits, parental leave benefits, and an employee stock purchase plan.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and ensure portfolios conform to established and approved risk policy.
- Partner with investment teams to ensure compliance with approved risk limit frameworks.
- Perform risk analysis on portfolios and their benchmarks, reporting on market, liquidity, and concentration risk.
- Accurately evaluate risks under both normal and stressed market conditions using vendor and proprietary tools.
- Deliver written memos and presentations to committees and fund boards.
- Present portfolio risk and performance analysis to senior leaders across the firm.
- Apply strong programming skills to solve problems, develop scalable solutions, and create proprietary risk measurement approaches and mitigation strategies.
- Collaborate with investment teams in monitoring and managing portfolio risk.
- Provide risk analytic insight that enhances the investment process.
- Contribute to the development of new products and investment solutions by collaborating with investment and business development teams.
- Maintain excellent knowledge of fixed income investments, investment processes, trading strategies, market characteristics, and the regulatory environment.
- Execute ad-hoc projects involving new risk-analysis methods or new risk types, and explain them to investment professionals.
- Involvement in or ownership of special projects as determined by management.
Requirements
- Approximately 7+ years of experience in the investment management industry.
- Understanding of fixed income financial instruments including derivatives and familiarity with international markets.
- Understanding of risk models and methodologies.
- Experience with one or more of the following systems: BlackRock Aladdin, MSCI RiskMetrics, MSCI BarraOne, Bloomberg PORT.
Skills
- Passion for risk management and a proven interest in financial markets through work experience and outside activities.
- Strong statistical programming and data analysis skills.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
- Excellent communicator with the ability to explain sophisticated ideas clearly to non-technical audiences.
- Ability to influence without authority, building and maintaining relationships across multiple business functions.
- Ability to prioritize and handle dynamically changing work requirements in a fast-paced environment.
- Results-driven approach with high standards of work quality and integrity.
- Strong organizational skills, proactiveness, and intellectual curiosity.
- Enjoy working as part of a team in a collaborative workplace.
- Intellectually curious with a dedication to continuous learning.
- Proficiency in Python, R, SQL, and Power BI or Tableau.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as quantitative finance, statistics, mathematics, operations research, engineering, or computer science.
- Work toward a CFA or FRM designation would be preferable.
Pay
The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $165,000/year. Total compensation includes salary and incentive pay and will vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Schedule
- Full-time.
- Hybrid work schedule.
- Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to spend at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office.