Director of Risk, Fundamental Equity

The role

This person will provide portfolio oversight and PM-facing risk coverage for North American fundamental equity strategies. They will monitor portfolios for style drift, identify concentration risks, and analyze performance attribution.

What you will do

• Daily oversight of North American discretionary equity portfolios
• Monitoring portfolios for style drift
• Identifying and remediating outsized concentration risks or stress exposures
• Researching risk and portfolio construction inquiries
• Analyzing performance attribution to diagnose problems
• Providing capital allocation recommendations
• Directing enhancements to proprietary analytics
• Assisting with education efforts around monitoring tools
• Engaging with risk takers around drawdowns and portfolio construction
• Formulating forward-looking views for escalation to firm management

Required qualifications

• A degree in statistics/econometrics, mathematics or financial engineering
• 5-10 years of experience in a similar role on the buyside
• Prior experience with discretionary equity strategies
• Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
• In-depth knowledge of equity multi-factor equity models and applications
• Proficiency with procedural programming (R/Python)
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Benefits

• Performance bonus
• Competitive benefits package
• Learning and educational offerings

About the company

Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. They invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.