Risk Manager

4 days ago


Old Toronto, Canada Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. Full time

Risk Manager

Polar Asset Management Partners an alternative asset manager established in 1991 which manages approximately US$6.5 billion. Polar seeks to hire a Risk Manager to report to the Director of Rates Risk. The successful candidate will have a strong background and experience in trade floor risk management, support, and quantitative research. You will have an opportunity to work closely with the Risk Management Team and Rates/Fixed Income Investment Teams to enhance portfolio analytics using your strong knowledge of market risk and technical skills.

Position Description

  • Enhance collaboration between Risk Management, Fixed Income/Rates Investment Teams
  • You will:
    • support the Director, Rates Risk in regular monitoring and reporting of Interest Rate Risk across the Fund
    • maintain and enhance existing tool/applications
    • develop new risk analytics that will help guide the efficient deployment of capital
    • enhance overall quantitative risk analytics for existing and new strategies
    • work with the software development team to test and improve risk analytics applications
  • You have:
    • experience in global fixed income and rates risk management and markets
    • a thorough knowledge of market risk and analytics and overall technical skills
  • You are:
    • passionate about financial markets, creative, enjoy problem-solving, and are highly motivated
    • you are equally comfortable working alone or as part of a wider team and will have the ability to pick up new concepts quickly

Position Requirements

  • Bachelor or master’s in finance or a quantitative discipline (math, physics, engineering)
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in trade floor support role, trade floor risk management, or quantitative research in the financial services industry
  • Communication skills and ability to explain complex finance, programming and mathematical concepts to audiences with varying educational backgrounds
  • Strong analytic, risk assessment, and problem-solving skills in finance and mathematics including the ability to use a statistics data analysis platforms
  • Knowledge of interest rate curve construction, fixed income instruments, and pricing models (eg. Bonds, Mortgage-backed securities, futures, IR swaps, XCCY swaps, FX forwards, swaptions)
  • Strong coding skills
    • Fluency in SQL and statistics software such as R, Matlab, and/or Python, including Plotly/Dash platform
    • Fluency in Excel VBA

Location: Toronto (hybrid work).

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. does not accept unsolicited candidate resumes or profiles from external sources such as recruitment firms, headhunters, or employment placement agencies with whom we do not have a contractual relationship and who are not on our pre-approved list. Any candidate information or resume received, directly or indirectly, from a headhunter, agency or recruiter not on our pre-approved list will be disregarded; and, under no circumstance, will we pay any referral, placement, or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.

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