Quantitative Risk Analyst Fund Industry

coni + partner, established 1993, is a consultancy company with headquarters in Zurich and subsidiaries in Düsseldorf and Shanghai. We are specialised in custom-fit staffing in tune with the corporate culture by ensuring a perfect match of professional skills, references and personal as well as social skills of successful candidates.

Our client is the risk management department of an asset manager in Zurich. We are looking for a quant (m, f, d) with experience in the fund industry as

Quantitative Risk Analyst Fund Industry

Design and develop risk models and performance measurement tools and dashboards with a focus on fund investing, operating across all asset classes and using advanced statistical methods to design, test, and refine models / Conduct independently anticipated and retrospective risk analysis for the estimation of actual and potential risk / Ongoing risk controlling of exposures of the fund portfolios, including VaR and liquidity risk or specific, analysis of underlying drivers of risk and return or concentration limits / Explain the active return (performance attribution) and figure out how much a specific investment products add to a final result / Perform regular and ad-hoc scenario analysis of fund data / Ongoing coordination with the Operations, Portfolio and Customer Relationship Management, and Compliance departments to ensure high-quality and timely delivery / Produce reporting and analytical insights for Senior Management, Investors and financial market supervision / Improve risk management tools, processes, decision-making tools, and methodologies within the department / Ad hoc projects addressing investment challenges from the customers' perspective.

Master’s or Ph.D. in Financial Mathematics, Economics or Quantitative Finance / A FRM, CAIA or CFA certification are advantageous but not required / Experience in risk management in the fund industry or in a bank's asset management division as a quantitative analyst at the intersection of finance and technology / Advanced mathematical and quantitative problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex models into practical client solutions / Ability to develop new models, generate innovative ideas and to processes problem-solving strategies / Experience with Bloomberg, Morningstar and RiskMetrics is required / Strong experience in programming, preferably in a Python /SQL and Excel ecosystem / Highly motivated with entrepreneurial spirit / Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Please send us your documents for an initial contact by e-mail to contact@coni-partner. com or call us on +41 44 254 90 10. Mr. Ivano Coni would like to support you. Your application will be kept strictly confidential.

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Ivano Coni

Managing Director

Klosbachstrasse 107

CH-8032 Zürich

Tel.: +41 44 254 90 10