Senior Private Market Risk Analyst
7 days left
- Recruiter
- Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive plus Bonus/Benefits
- Posted
- 21 Jul 2022
- Closes
- 20 Aug 2022
- Ref
- 15540896
- Job Function
- Risk Management
- Industry Sector
- Finance - General
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Education
- Bachelors
Key Responsibilities
Delivering Results
Managing Resources
Managing Processes & Future Focus
Technical Competencies, Skills and Experience
Essential
Delivering Results
- Develop and take responsibility for areas within Risk Analysis and Benchmarking for private market investments and new asset classes
- Conduct or contribute to Private Market Risk's New Investment Reviews, e.g. through analyzing DCF models for equity investments or credit rating reviews for debt investments
- Improve top-down and bottom-up risk modelling framework of private assets
- Contribute to reviews of methodologies and assumptions for private markets
- Participate in projects/analysis for top-down risk modelling of the entire scheme
- Participate in projects for developing scheme level analysis and metrics from a Private Market Risk point of view
- When needed, provide an independent insight on private market asset valuations
- When needed, develop papers on different research topics for various boards and senior management
Managing Resources
- Automate and redesign processes to achieve efficient risk management and risk reporting
- Proactively drive development of analytics and bring rest of team on board with plans
- Engage with system providers to understand where we can leverage on existing solutions
- Managing Relationships
- Participate in meeting and discussions with Private Markets Group and the wider organization to better understand requirements, get into the investment process early and to build trust
Managing Processes & Future Focus
- Keep abreast of industry developments
- Ensure that processes and controls are robust and in line with best practice and models are compliant with the Model Risk Policy
- Contribute to Engagement internally and with international peers
Technical Competencies, Skills and Experience
Essential
- At least 5 years of relevant professional experience
- Numerical degree in Finance, Statistics, Mathematics or the like
- Good understanding of private assets, structured finance and corporate finance concepts - ability to partake in the investment meetings
- Understanding of financial markets and instruments gained through courses or experience
- High degree of computer literacy, ability to program in Excel VBA, MatLab or Python.