Director, Risk Analytics

1 month ago

Toronto, Canada OMERS Full time

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The Risk Management Team’s mandate is to support the achievement of OMERS business objectives by overseeing the actions undertaken by Management to address key investment, pension, governance and legal, operational, people and strategic risks in an integrated and holistic manner. We strive to help OMERS understand and actively decide upon the risks we’re taking in the pursuit of our business objectives. 

In support of Risk’s objectives, the Risk Analytics team is focused on providing investment risk analysis support, risk modeling oversight, and end-user data, analytics and risk tools. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director of Risk Modeling to lead the risk modeling oversight function. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of risk modeling techniques, a proven track record of navigating complex financial instruments, and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. Our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 4+ days per week.

As a member of this team, you will be responsible for:

The recommendation, research, oversight, and implementation of all riskmodeling inputs used in our Risk System (MSCI Risk Manager), including:

Standard models forpublic asset classes such as equities, credit, and bonds.

Derivatives, including forwards, options and swaps.

Private assetclass models (e.g., factor-based, proxy or bespoke approaches) for private credit, real estate, private equity, and infrastructure.

Oversight of the risk settings used in our risk system to generate scenario outputs and calculate risk metrics such as VaR.

Effectively interpret and communicate the drivers behind model outputs to stakeholders, ensuring clarity and understanding of risk metrics and their implications. 

Advise on the modeling inputs used in our third-party Asset Liability tool (ORTEC Glass).

The development of a framework for documentation, calibration, validation and testing that regularly ensures risk models used are appropriate and fit for purpose. 

The maintenance and governance ofan inventory of risk modeling and risk settings decisions used to generate analytics forthe Risk Management team, ensuring that all risk modeling activities comply with model risk management standards.

Developing a keyrelationship between OMERS and our third-party vendors MSCI and ORTEC.

Providing support and/or guidance for model validation exercises for non-Risk models used across the organization.

Development of a framework to evaluate modelling options quantitatively (eg. statistical tests) and based on implementation constraints

Stakeholder communication of our risk modeling choices and recommendations, particularly with the Risk Leadership Team.

Managing aninternal team dedicated to Risk modeling, providing guidance and support to enhance their skills and performance.

To succeed in this role, you have/are:

Education in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics or a related field. FRM or CFA designation is an asset.

At least 7-10 years of experienceina Risk Modeling,Risk Management or Risk-adjacent role

Deep expertise in modeling financial instruments, both public and private, and a history of success in the design, development, and implementation of advanced risk models to identify, measure, and manager risks associated with investments.

An ability to work with large datasets and a familiarity with statistical methods

Familiarity with third-party risk systems. Experience with MSCI’s Risk Manager is an asset. 

Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret, explain, and effectively communicate the key drivers and assumptions behind risk model outputs to both technical and non-technical audiences.

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From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our committee and employee recognition programs.

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