Senior Emerging Markets Risk Manager - London

A global investment firm is seeking a Senior Emerging Markets Risk Manager to join its Fixed Income & Macro Risk function. The role involves partnering with investment teams across multiple regions and providing independent oversight of Emerging Markets exposures spanning Latin America, Asia, and CEEMEA. This is a strategic, high‑influence position supporting the continued development of the firm's EM platform.

• Work closely with portfolio managers to assess and interpret risk across EM strategies, ensuring a deep understanding of exposures and portfolio construction across regions.
• Define, monitor, and refine risk limits for a range of teams while maintaining alignment with the firm's broader risk appetite and regulatory guidelines.
• Address and help resolve any discrepancies in risk reporting, and support investment teams in managing exposures that fall outside established parameters.
• Perform granular risk reviews at the trade and position level, covering instruments across rates, FX, sovereign and corporate credit, equities, and derivatives.
• Conduct macro‑level risk reviews of the EM business, including exposure concentrations, VaR analysis, and scenario‑based stress frameworks.
• Communicate key risk themes and portfolio dynamics clearly to senior risk leaders and investment heads.
• Stay ahead of market developments by maintaining a forward‑looking view of risk drivers, geopolitical catalysts, and event‑based scenarios relevant to Emerging Markets.
• Design and implement bespoke scenario analyses to help assess potential impact on portfolios.
• Review P&L trends and provide insight into daily and historical drivers across strategies.
• Produce high‑quality reports and analytical outputs for use by portfolio managers and the wider risk organisation.
• Contribute to research on risk methodologies, portfolio guidelines, and allocation frameworks, with a particular emphasis on Emerging Markets.

• 12+ years in trading, structuring, quantitative analysis, market risk, or a related area at a buy-side institution; experience within a hedge fund environment is strongly preferred.
• Strong expertise in Emerging Markets across Fixed Income, Rates, FX, and derivative products in Latin America, Asia, and CEEMEA.
• A proven ability to collaborate effectively across global offices and diverse teams.
• Excellent communication skills, particularly in presenting complex risk themes to senior stakeholders.

• Solid Python programming capability, or a technical background with the aptitude to acquire strong Python skills.
• Advanced academic training in a quantitative discipline such as engineering, mathematics, physics, or finance.