Investment Risk Manager

An exciting new opportunity has come up to join Macquarie Asset Management's Investment Risk team.

Help us deliver key risk management activities in Macquarie Asset Management. Join the Investment Risk Management team and play a pivotal role in investment compliance and investment risk analytics.

At Macquarie, we are working to create lasting value for our communities, our clients and our people. We are a global financial services group operating in 34 markets and with 54 years of unbroken profitability. You'll be part of a supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drive outcomes.

You will handle substantive investment compliance responsibilities, including investment guideline and risk monitoring, breach investigation and resolution including root cause identification, and incident reporting. You will use your strong attention to detail skills to complete ongoing guideline set up, review, and maintenance to ensure accuracy of all account guidelines, instructions, and mandates.

You will equally be involved in portfolio investment risk monitoring, risk analytics and review of portfolio risk profiles, applying your analytical and technical skills.

In this role, you will work closely with traders, portfolio managers, compliance and risk, along with other operational groups such as trade operations and client services. The role will be based in Vienna at Macquarie Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG.

• The ability to interpret information quickly, with strong attention to detail. Ability to enforce investment limits when required.
• Experience of financial markets and instruments, analysis of market and credit risks, and investment guideline and risk monitoring desirable
• Ability to show initiative and work independently and also as part of a collaborative global team of investment risk professionals.
• Good communication skills, including the ability to form relationships at all levels of the organization.

The following skills are desired:

• University degree with a focus in Finance, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, or other related fields.
• Ideally at least 5 years of relevant professional experience with investment guidelines and risk monitoring, or comparable compliance experience desirable.
• Demonstrated analytical and organizational skills.
• Computer literacy - Excel at an advanced level required. R, VBA, or similar languages required and SQL/database skills very advantageous. Word, Access, and PowerPoint desirable.
• Systems experience with finance industry systems such as Bloomberg and BRS Aladdin advantageous, along with other industry standard risk and compliance systems.
• Fluent in both written and spoken German and English.

Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria and location, include:

• The advantages of an agile team embedded in a leading international asset management company
• Close collaboration with highly skilled investment professionals and international stakeholders
• On-job training as well as supporting you in expanding your skillset with off-job degree programs
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• One wellbeing leave day per year
• Primary carers are eligible for minimum 20 weeks paid leave and minimum 6 weeks for secondary carer
• Paid volunteer leave (two days per year) and donation matching
• Range of benefits to support your physical, psychological and financial wellbeing
• Employee Assistance Program
• Recognition and service awards
• Competitive and performance-related compensation package, depending on qualification level. We are obliged to state in this advert that the minimum salary for the position offered is EUR 45.000,- (annual gross salary including 20 hours of overtime payment per month).

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