Job Description
Hedge Fund Credit Risk Oversight
1. Perform credit analysis and ongoing risk assessment of hedge fund counterparties across prime brokerage products.
2. Evaluate fund structures, strategies, leverage, liquidity profiles and risk concentrations.
3. Approve and monitor credit limits, margin requirements and financing terms in line with risk appetite.
4. Review fund performance, NAV movements, drawdowns and stress scenarios to identify emerging risks.
Prime Brokerage & Financing Exposure
5. Oversee credit risk related to margin lending, securities financing, derivatives and synthetic prime brokerage.
6. Monitor counterparty exposures, collateral coverage and margin sufficiency under normal and stressed conditions.
7. Partner with front office to support new client onboarding, product expansion and structuring discussions.
8. Assess impact of market volatility on hedge fund portfolios and financing arrangements.
Risk Monitoring & Governance
9. Conduct ongoing portfolio surveillance, including limit utilisation, concentration risk and wrong‑way risk.
10. Escalate credit concerns and recommend risk mitigation actions, including margin calls or exposure reductions.
11. Prepare credit memos, risk assessments and materials for senior risk committees.
12. Ensure adherence to internal risk frameworks, policies and regulatory expectations.
Stakeholder Management
13. Act as a key risk partner to Prime Brokerage, Sales, Trading, Operations and Legal teams.
14. Provide clear, actionable risk guidance while supporting commercial objectives.
15. Contribute to process enhancements, risk analytics improvements and control initiatives.