Risk Manager

OVERVIEW:

The D. E. Shaw group seeks an experienced market risk manager to join its firmwide risk analysis and management team. This individual will engage in firmwide activities relating to investment screening, capital allocation, hedging strategies, and risk reporting.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

• Dynamically analyze performance, exposure, and risk, and conduct external reporting.
• Serve as a risk liaison to our investing groups and independently lead in-depth analysis across multiple strategies.
  
  

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher and at least five years of financial markets experience, including trading or portfolio management, and three or more years in risk management.
• Significant experience presenting to and interacting with senior management on financial and business-critical topics, with an aptitude for written communications and presenting complex data visualizations.
• An analytical aptitude, a working knowledge of statistics and financial math, and programmatic skills.
• An alertness and responsiveness to changing market conditions, and creativity in analyzing market environments.
• The ability to maintain good judgment while balancing competing priorities, with the skill to work independently to map out complex projects and source potential solutions.
• Buy-side experience is preferred.
• The expected annual base salary for this position is $175,000 to $250,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.