Equity Risk Associate

Equity Risk Associate - Multi-Strat Hedge Fund - New York

A leading multi-strategy investment firm is seeking an Equity Risk Associate to join its growing Risk team.

This is a high-profile opportunity reporting directly to the firm's Chief Risk Officer, offering significant exposure to senior leadership, investment professionals and portfolio managers across a rapidly expanding equities business.

The successful candidate will play a key role in monitoring portfolio risk, analysing exposures and helping drive investment risk discussions across a range of Equity Long/Short strategies.

Responsibilities

• Monitor portfolio risk, drawdowns and changes in positioning across Equity Long/Short managers.
• Analyse factor, thematic and concentration risks.
• Conduct cross-portfolio overlap and correlation analysis.
• Investigate meaningful changes in exposures and identify areas requiring further review.
• Support investment risk discussions and portfolio oversight.
• Develop and enhance risk analytics, reporting and monitoring tools.
• Partner with stakeholders across Risk, Investments and Technology.

Requirements

• 2-8 years' experience within a hedge fund, asset manager, portfolio analytics or investment risk environment.
• Strong understanding of Equity Long/Short portfolio construction and risk management.
• Experience working with factor models, portfolio exposures and investment analytics.
• Python and SQL skills preferred.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Background within a multi-manager hedge fund environment strongly preferred.

Opportunity

• Direct reporting line into the Chief Risk Officer.
• High levels of interaction with senior investment professionals.
• Join a firm experiencing significant growth across its equities platform.
• Lean team environment with broad exposure and responsibility.
• Excellent long-term development opportunities within a highly regarded investment platform.

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