Risk Analyst
About Caxton Associates:
Caxton Associates, founded in 1983, is a global trading and investment firm with offices in New York, London, Singapore, Monaco and Dubai. Our primary business is to manage client and proprietary capital through global macro hedge fund strategies. As part of our continued growth, we are establishing a new office in Bangalore, India. This office will play a critical role in supporting our trading, research, and operations globally.
About the role:
We are seeking a Risk Analyst to join the risk management function, as part of a growing regional team in Bangalore ,India and works closely with the local Risk Manager and risk teams in New York and London. The risk function is an integral part of the firm's investment process and is responsible for the development of risk management frameworks to assess, manage and ultimately control the risk for each strategy and the firm in aggregate.
This role reports directly into the firm's COO/CRO and is a strong development role for a candidate looking to build deep expertise in portfolio risk management, with particular emphasis on supporting equity portfolios and factor-based risk models.
Responsibilities:
- Support the local Risk Manager in monitoring and assessing the evolving risk profile of regional portfolios and strategies
- Provide analytical support for equity portfolios, including review of factor exposures, risk decomposition, and factor-driven P&L
- Assist in the interpretation and communication of factor risks to portfolio managers
- Help develop, enhance, and maintain risk measures, reports, and analytical tools
- Perform ad hoc market, portfolio, and scenario analysis in response to market events or PM and Risk Manager requests
- Support pre- and post-trade risk analysis and ongoing portfolio monitoring across asset classes
- Prepare materials and analysis for senior risk managers and global risk committees
Experience:
- Degree in Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, Computational Finance, or a related field required
- 5+ years of experience in risk management, portfolio analytics, or a related role at a hedge fund, investment bank, asset manager, or risk services provider
- Strong interest in financial markets and portfolio risk, with particular interest in equities
- Solid understanding of equity risk concepts and factor-based investing; hands-on experience with factor models a strong plus
- Broad-based product knowledge across products and asset classes, including derivatives
- Quantitative background with comfort in financial mathematics and statistics
- Very Strong SQL, Excel; Strong Python; Tableau and Orchestrade would be a plus
- Clear communicator, able to explain analytical results with guidance from senior colleagues
- Detail-oriented, self-starter, proactive, and eager to learn in a collaborative environment
- Experience with MSCI RiskMetrics/Barra, Axioma Equity Factor model would be a significant plus
- Displays and operates at the highest degree of ethics and integrity.