- The core responsibility of such roles derives from the nature of the risks being managed, namely portfolios of risk exposures that are originated or accumulated as part of a business model (e.g., trading, buy-and-hold etc.)
- Identifying, classifying and managing types and nature of risks.
- Analyzing risk culture, appetite and tolerance.
- Placing a heavy focus on governance of risk management and board level risk.
- Promoting the role of Risk Manager and the value of a strong risk policy.
- Applying Governance at its best through having risk management strategies.
- To work with the CIO to assume control over the design, implementation and maintenance of the Firm’s investment risk management framework and systems to ensure accurate capture and reporting of risks in a manner which adds maximum value to the investment process.
- To assist identifying risk in analyzing new complementary risk opportunities as well as identifying inefficient risk components within the portfolio.
- To refine and develop existing firm models for evaluation of trading positions and strategies.
- To identify, measure and value potential tail risk concentrations arising within a multi-manager, multi-strategy macro portfolio with due consideration for leptokurtic distributions in apparently uncorrelated markets/instruments/basis positions.
- To provide challenge to Investment Team in relation to risk/reward considerations for key trading strategies and assess risk/capital allocation decisions prior to implementation.
- To remain up-to date on risk-management best practice through industry engagement, academic research and other professional networking.
Job RequirementsQualifications:Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Commerce, accounting, business administration, economic development, economics etc...).Preferable to have previous experience Fund management or Portfolio management .Skills:Technical Skills: Proficient user of Microsoft office as well as, ability to develop rigorous analysis.Full awareness of governance aims to control the probability and mitigate risk impact.Other Skills: Fluent in English and Arabic.Personal Traits: Self-motivated, strong commitment to team environment dynamics, good communication.