Senior Risk Manager – Private Assets

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Job Title: Private Assets Risk Manager

About the Role: We are seeking a Private Assets Risk Manager to join our team. Reporting to the Head of Risk, you will play a crucial role in managing risk within our Private Assets strategies. Your responsibilities will include conducting risk analysis, monitoring portfolio risks, and collaborating with various teams to ensure effective risk management.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Risk Management:

   • Analyze market trends and conduct portfolio risk reviews.
   • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate and mitigate portfolio risks.
   • Ensure key risks are identified and incorporated into investment assumptions.

2. Risk Identification and Monitoring:

   • Conduct due diligence for new General Partners (GPs) and analyze direct investments.
   • Develop financial models to stress test investments and forecast portfolio performance.
   • Monitor existing investments and screen GPs, assigning risk ranks for watch-listing purposes.

3. Risk Infrastructure Development:

   • Engage in projects to enhance Risk infrastructure, including digitalization of data and embedding sustainability risk.
   • Provide expertise to ensure accurate modeling and reporting of Private Markets risks.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field.
• 5 to 12 years of experience in risk, investing, or consulting/advisory roles in Private Markets.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and organizational skills.
• Ability to challenge, provide constructive criticism, and manage conflicting priorities.
• Experience with data analysis and familiarity with statistical concepts.
• Excellent communication, data visualization, and presentation skills

Bruin recognises the positive value of diversity, and aims to promote equality and challenge unfair discrimination. As a champion of equal opportunity employment we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions and beliefs. We particularly encourage applications from women, disabled, and Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as these groups are underrepresented throughout the financial services industry. Our clients work with us because they value a diverse workforce, and subscribe to our shared principle that all appointments are made on merit and that ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.