Investment Risk Manager

Franklin Resources • Baltimore, MD

247d • $145,000 - $175,000

About The Position

At Franklin Templeton, we're driving our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic and diversified firm spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise that's both broad and unique. From our welcoming, inclusive, and flexible culture to our global and diverse business, we offer opportunities not only to help you reach your potential but also to contribute to our clients' achievements. Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world! This HYBRID position requires being on-site in our BALTIMORE office 3 days per week. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship/transfer for this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, or other quantitative discipline.
• CFA or FRM designation preferred.
• 8 - 12 years relevant work experience REQUIRED in the Mutual Fund/Financial Services Industry.
• Experience with global regulatory rules including 18f4, SEC 22e-4 and UCITS liquidity requirements.
• Experience with VaR and other risk metrics.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Strong attention to details and excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently, perform mathematical calculations/analysis and to exercise independent judgment consistent with department guidelines.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workflow and to coordinate the work of others.
• Ability to accurately proofread documents and work under pressure, and the ability to perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced, team environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in programming languages, preferably VBA or R/Python, Power BI, Tableau, or other data visualization tools.
• Experience in SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and analyses, including complex joins.
• Experience using financial/risk application/software, Bloomberg, MSCI Barra Risk Model, FactSet, and Morningstar.

Responsibilities

• Lead counterparty risk monitoring within the risk group.
• Support other aspects of regulatory risk across FT funds, including derivatives and liquidity programs.
• Leverage technical skills to enhance the team's data analytics capabilities.
• Identify, monitor, and communicate issues related to counterparty risk and the financial strength of FT counterparties and brokers.
• Identify, reconcile, and resolve data issues related to counterparty risk.
• Assess and analyze the accuracy and quality of the underlying data and provide commentary for the risk trends.
• Facilitate and support monthly committee meetings and counterparty approvals.
• Support daily requirements of the IRM regulatory team, covering Rule 22e-4 and Rule 18f-4.
• Create and run standard reports and queries, as well as design, develop, test, automate, and launch new dashboards and reporting solutions across the Regulatory Risk team.
• Ensure all reports are delivered to the appropriate client(s) and/or provided via automated processes to downstream systems by the agreed-upon date.
• Review automated validation controls and complete issue resolution process.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests for portfolio risk statistic information, and perform ad hoc analyses, such as stress tests, sensitivity or hedging analysis given various market conditions.

Benefits

• Three weeks paid time off the first year.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a generous company match on your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions, up to the IRS limits.
• Employee Stock Investment Program.
• Reimbursement for certain education expenses.
• Purchase of company funds with no sales charge.
• Onsite fitness center and recreation center (only applicable at certain locations).
• Onsite cafeteria (only applicable at certain locations).

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