Equity Risk Analyst - L/S Strategies

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyse portfolio risk across Long/Short Equity portfolios on a daily basis.
• Build working relationships with portfolio managers on day-to-day risk questions.
• Identify, investigate and challenge key portfolio risks including concentration, liquidity, factor, sector, country and style exposures.
• Perform scenario analysis and stress testing to assess portfolio resilience under different market environments.
• Analyse P&L attribution and understand the key drivers of portfolio performance.
• Review gross and net exposures, beta, leverage and portfolio diversification metrics.
• Evaluate factor risk using quantitative risk models and proprietary analytics.
• Monitor liquidity profiles and assess the impact of changing market conditions on portfolio positioning.
• Work alongside Quantitative Research, Trading and Technology teams to enhance risk tools, analytics and reporting.
• Produce clear and insightful risk reports for Portfolio Managers and senior leadership.

• Support new strategy launches, portfolio onboarding and investment due diligence.
• Contribute to the continual development of the risk framework and risk infrastructure.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of relevant risk management experience at a hedge fund or asset manager with a focus on equity markets.
• Familiarity with risk models and market conventions (e.g., Barra factor models).
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build rapport with portfolio managers and articulate risk concepts clearly.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL; familiarity with AI tools.
• Hands-on, roll-up-sleeves mindset.