Senior Investment Risk Manager - Fixed Income Markets

Job Title: Senior Investment Risk Manager - Fixed Income Markets

What You Will Do:

• Risk Identification: Proactively identify and analyze portfolio and security-level risks, with a strong focus on fixed income markets.
• Analytics Validation: Continuously validate multi-asset analytics to ensure trade-level quality.
• Risk Committee Presentation: Present key risks, concerns, and risk initiatives to the Risk Committee.
• Reporting: Produce regular and ad-hoc reports with precision and attention to detail.
• Process Optimization: Evaluate current risk management processes and optimize them for greater efficiency, improved scalability, and reduced error scope.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Escalate and collaborate with various stakeholders, including line management, fund managers, IT, operations, or system support, as needed.
• Cross-Functional Support: Collaborate with other business areas to achieve their goals and contribute to efficiency improvements.
• Marketing Collaboration: Support marketing efforts to attract prospective clients.

Who You Are:

• College degree required.
• 7+ years of experience in fixed income markets, demonstrating a detailed understanding of fixed income securities.
• Proven experience in a market/investment risk role within an asset management company or insurance company.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to navigate major fixed income asset classes and monitor various markets.
• Working knowledge of risk analytics systems such as Aladdin, BarraOne, Polypaths, etc., as well as proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including VBA), SQL, and any programming languages.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Project management experience, including managing projects and stakeholder communications.
• Ability to explain complex concepts and data to multi-disciplinary audiences.
• Confidence and articulation, effectively balancing the dual roles of enforcing oversight while collaborating with the front office.
• Bachelors degree in finance or a related field.
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule in our Hartford, CT office.

Compensation:

• Salary Range: $175,000 $200,000, plus eligibility for an annual bonus program.