Market Risk Specialist

Your Role in Our Story:

In essence, your role involves:

Build, maintain and improve market risk reporting infrastructure and tools, including the automation and streamlining of existing processes

Create market risk models and advise traders on pending deals

Develop market risk measurement methods and understand process flows

Daily monitor of market risk, stress and Value at Risk (VaR) exposures against limits and risk appetite, while remaining constantly aware of current market dynamics

Manage market risk assessments for new product lines, working with traders to understand their markets

Create, update, present and enforce market risk policies and procedures

Process and analyze large data sets using SQL while maintaining and updating codebases to ensure performance and scalability

Perform stress testing and develop risk mitigation strategies

Your Expertise:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates with the following qualifications and attributes:

Bachelor or Master of Finance, Economic, Statistics or Econometrics

5-7 years of experience in market risk within commodity trading or a leading financial institution

Strong market analysis and financial assessment capabilities

Experience with Python and/or SQL is required

Intellectually curious and able to demonstrate structures problem solving and analytical skills

Confident communication (verbal and written) with stakeholder management

Please note: this role is 100% in-office in New York City

The base pay range for this position is $120K- $160K annually; however, base pay offered may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The base pay is just one component of the total competitive compensation package for employees.

If you meet these criteria and are ready to contribute your expertise to a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply.

ACT Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions at ACT Group are made without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, family or parental status, status with regard to public assistance, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.