Market Risk Manager

Job Title: Market Risk Manager

Location: Hong Kong

Perm/Contract/ Full-time/Part-time: Permanent

On-site/Hybrid/Remote: Hybrid

Who We Are

Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

Our Outsourcing service delivers recruitment for some of the world’s top employers, and we are currently recruiting on behalf of one our client which is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning over 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East& West, they serve the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates, and governments through three business divisions. Retail, wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Investment Management.

The Role

Our client is seeking a Market Risk Manager in the Banking & Financial Services division.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a global team, providing top-tier service to existing and prospective clients while expanding the business on a product and global level.

Role Overview:

The position is a role in Market Risk Management in the AeJ Equity Market Risk team. The candidate will be involved in all aspects of the Equities business including the Delta 1, Flow Derivatives, Structured Derivatives, and Convertibles desks.

Role Description:

The individual will be working with other risk managers within the team covering the growing AeJ Equities business. The role will include stress analysis, review of risk positions, discussing risk exposures and concerns with senior risk managers and traders, and escalating risk issues to senior risk managers as needed.

• Understanding the market and daily review of risk exposures.
• Developing and maintaining risk reports and analytic tools.
• Work closely with front office to assess risk and business strategy, as well as other corporate functions such as Model Validation, Valuations, IT, and Ops.
• Review committee/transaction approvals.
• Daily recap of markets, P&L and Risk.

Skills, experience, qualifications, and knowledge required:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in trading or market risk in equities.
• An understanding of option pricing models and the associated sensitivities to changes in the market.
• Intellectual curiosity and a passion for understanding financial markets.
• Strong analytic background and a good understanding of the risks from derivative products.
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) as the candidate will be working with a large number of groups within Risk and outside of Risk and should be able to convey complex topics to a wide audience.
• Programming skills are not necessary but strongly preferred.

This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organisations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.

Client promotes collaboration and aims to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.

As we are continuously hiring for all our clients in the region, we will retain your CV in our database for any other positions that may fit your profile. Therefore, please let us know if you are not agreeable to that.