Prime Brokerage Risk Manager
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Monitor intraday and end-of-day risk exposures and margin requirements across client portfolios, serving as the primary point of contact for discussions on portfolio onboarding, risk reviews, and ongoing management topics. Track global markets through OMS and risk systems, escalating material issues to senior management as needed. Develop and maintain robust margin, risk, and stress-testing methodologies, while generating automated ad-hoc reporting to highlight key risk factors and exposures. Communicate critical risk observations to senior management and external clients, and collaborate with technology and product teams to enhance risk management infrastructure and margin capabilities. This role covers global markets across multi-asset portfolios.
Required Qualifications
- At least 5 years of professional experience in prime brokerage risk, trading risk, or related roles covering equities and fixed income, either on the sell-side or buy-side
- Should have a minimum of 8 years of overall professional experience in financial services
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or Financial Engineering required
- Solid understanding of equity and fixed income products, including fundamental options pricing and associated risk measures
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks and capital/margin rules applicable to risk management
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with clients and regulators
- Proactive, collaborative, and a strong team player with a high sense of ownership
- Demonstrated project management experience and the ability to work closely with engineering and cross-functional teams
- Analytical and detail-oriented, with strong quantitative aptitude
- Experience in risk policy development and implementation
- Familiarity with industry-standard tools such as Bloomberg, ICE, FactSet, etc.
- We are requiring employees to be in the office a minimum of three days per week
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree preferred
- Proficiency in Python and SQL preferred
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