Equity Risk Analyst

Invesco • New York, NY

143d • $130,000 - $135,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Investment Risk Analyst role at Invesco involves understanding, monitoring, and anticipating the risks associated with Equity portfolios. The Equity Risk team is responsible for identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks that may impact the firm's ability to meet its objectives. The role requires engaging with investment teams, senior management, and internal committees to ensure that risks are fully assessed and understood. The analyst will undertake quantitative projects to analyze portfolio risk and enhance portfolio construction, contributing to the direction of the risk oversight process.

Requirements

• Undergraduate/Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline (Statistics, Econometrics, Mathematics, Finance, etc.).
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation is desirable.
• 5 years financial industry experience and 3 years risk analysis experience are desirable.
• Demonstrated successful tenure as a quant analyst individual at a prior asset management firm.
• Experience of fundamentally managed equity portfolios and portfolio managers.
• Experience with commercial data and analytics vendors (BARRA, RiskMetrics, Bloomberg, FactSet).
• Good programming skills in Python or R is key.
• Ability to conduct research directed by senior members of the team and to balance multiple projects concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Partner with investment teams to enhance their understanding of risk exposures and deliver superior insight into the portfolio construction process.
• Partner with other business units and actively participate in the portfolio review process with CIO and PMs.
• Monitor risk thresholds and alerts for covered investment centers.
• Undertake quantitative projects regarding portfolio construction, portfolio style, or other relevant topics and generate clear, articulate, and actionable analysis for relevant stakeholders.
• Engage the technology group in support of furthering the quality, structure, and use of risk data throughout the organization and facilitate the delivery of state-of-the-art risk analytics and risk models.
• Develop first-class tools and analytics that highlight drivers of portfolio risk, factor exposures, areas of portfolio concentration, etc.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of financial markets, securities, general investment themes, and regulatory issues to bring an informed perspective to the risk management processes.

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• Hybrid work schedule
• 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
• Health & wellbeing benefits
• Parental Leave benefits
• Employee stock purchase plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree