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The Equity Risk team is seeking an investment risk analyst.  The position can be based in either Dallas, Texas or NYC. Responsibilities include understanding, monitoring and anticipating the risks of Equity portfolios, engaging investment teams / senior management / internal committees to ensure risks are fully assessed and understood, undertaking quantitative projects to analyze portfolio risk and enhance portfolio construction, and help shaping the direction of the risk oversight process.

Risk Analyst Responsibilities

• Partner with investment teams to enhance their understanding of risk exposures and deliver superior insight into portfolio construction process
• Partner with other business units and actively participate in portfolio review process with CIO and PMs
• Monitor risk Thresholds and Alerts for covered investment centers
• Undertake quant projects regarding portfolio construction, portfolio style or other relevant topics and generate clear, articulate and actionable analysis for relevant stakeholders
• Engage the technology group in support of furthering the quality, structure and use of risk data throughout the organization and to facilitate the delivery of state-of-the-art risk analytics and risk models
• Develop first-class tools and analytics that highlight drivers of portfolio risk, factor exposures, areas of portfolio concentration etc.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of financial markets, securities, general investment themes and regulatory issues in order to bring an informed perspective to the risk management processes

Work Experience / Knowledge

• 5 years financial industry experience and 3 years risk analysis experience are desirable
• Demonstrated successful tenure as quant analyst individual at prior asset management firm
• Experience of fundamentally-managed equity portfolios and portfolio managers
• Experience with commercial data and analytics vendors (BARRA, RiskMetrics, Bloomberg, FactSet)
• Good programming skills in Python or R is key
• Ability to conduct research directed by senior members of the team and to balance multiple projects concurrently

Key Attribute for Success

• Timeliness, Accountability and Ownership
• Strong communication skills (verbal and writing) and an ability to frequently interact with investment and product teams.
• Strong quantitative / programming skills, (e.g. R and Python)
• Strong Intellectual curiosity about the financial markets, risk/quantitative research and applications.

Formal Education:

• Undergraduate/Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline (Statistics, Econometrics, Mathematics, Finance etc.)
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation is desirable

At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full-time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office. 

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.

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