Investment Risk - Risk Manager, AVP

• Today, markets face a whole new set of pressures but also a whole lot of opportunity too. Opportunity to innovate differently. Opportunity to invest responsibly. And opportunity to make change.
• Join us at DWS, and you can be part of an industry-leading firm with a global presence. You can lead ambitious opportunities and shape the future of investing. You can support our clients, local communities, and the environment.
• Were looking for creative thinkers and innovators to join us as the world continues to transform. As whole markets change, one thing remains clear; our people always work together to capture the opportunities of tomorrow. Thats why we are Investors for a new now.
• As investors on behalf of our clients, it is our role to find investment solutions.
• Ensuring the best possible foundation for our clients financial future. And in return, well give you the support and platform to develop new skills, make an impact and work alongside some of the industrys greatest thought leaders. This is your chance to achieve your goals and lead an extraordinary career.

About DWS Investment Risk:

• The Chief Risk Office within DWS is an independent function responsible for protecting the business as well as being a trusted adviser and partner for supporting sustainable business growth.
• As part of the Chief Risk Office, the Investment Risk team is in charge of independent oversight of investment risk of DWS fiduciary portfolios. In this role, it designs and executes the risk programs to identify, measure, control and manage market, liquidity, sustainability, and counterparty risk of fiduciary portfolios.
• This includes the regular monitoring, analysis, and reporting of risk to portfolio management and DWS management boards.

Your key responsibilities

• Conduct portfolio risk monitoring, analysis, and reporting across risk types (market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and sustainability risk) and asset classes (e.g. equity, fixed income, and commodities)
• Support and execute data quality management and escalation processes of different risk metrics
• Develop and prepare reports, dashboards and memos on investment risk for management and other oversight bodies
• Review of new / existing product risk profiles and portfolio positions to identify potential sources of investment risk
• Support the development of systems and tools to automate and operationalize risk limitation, measurement, monitoring and escalation processes
• Contribute to global and local projects in the Liquid Investment Risk Management Team

Your skills and experience

• University degree in Finance or quantitative field, Chartered Financial Analyst or Financial Risk Manager designations a plus
• At least 5 years of proven experience in the financial services industry with experience in different risk functions (market, counterparty, credit, liquidity, sustainability) preferably within a buy-side firm
• Proven experience analysing VaR metrics
• Proven experience with analytical models for financial instruments
• Previous experience with BlackRock Solutions Aladdin preferred
• Strong knowledge of risk management across a diverse set of instrument types, business mandates, and risk disciplines (market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty, sustainability risk)
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, with ability to communicate issues to management proactively and effectively
• Proactive mind-set to implement process improvements and new solutions
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
• Strong working knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, VBA, SQL, and Python