Director of Risk, Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income jobs in United States
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Schonfeld ยท 2 weeks ago

Director of Risk, Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income

positionNew York, New York, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$250K/yr - $300K/yr

Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for its investors. They are seeking a Director of Risk for their Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income business, responsible for researching risk and portfolio construction while creating a first-in-class Risk Framework. The role emphasizes communication of risk models and collaboration with technology teams to ensure data integrity and quality.

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Responsibilities

The Director of Risk will be responsible for researching the risk and portfolio construction questions of the analysts and portfolio managers
This person will report to our global head of DMFI Risk and help create a first-in-class Risk Framework for Macro Fixed Income multi-PM platform
There is a major emphasis on communication of the output of risk models to portfolio managers, investors, and firm management
The Director of Risk will liaise with technology and support teams to help resolve daily production / operational issues and ensure data integrity / quality
A successful candidate will conduct investment research in various topics, including manager skill, portfolio optimization, liquidity, stress tests, margin usage, hedging and risk / pricing modelling
They will investigate and integrate new datasets used by proprietary models and risk infrastructure

Qualification

Quantitative risk techniquesFixed Income Pricing modelsPortfolio optimizationPythonStatistical modelingCommunication skillsAttention to detailTeamwork

Required

A degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science or financial engineering
Experience with Fixed-Income RV strategies
Experience around Options and Fixed Income Pricing models
Experience in a PM-facing risk role
Experience working hands-on with quantitative risk techniques
Strong coding skills, familiarity with Python, R, Matlab, Excel and/or other scripting languages
Strong mathematical and/or statistical modeling
Comfortable with analysis of large datasets, high-level attention to detail

Preferred

A strong understanding and working knowledge of Basis

Benefits

Performance bonus
Competitive benefits package

Company

Schonfeld

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Founded in 1988, Schonfeld is a multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund with an investing footprint that spans five continents.
dateFounded in 1988
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
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http://www.schonfeld.com/

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Funding

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Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Ryan Tolkin
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer
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Michael Kuchmek
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