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Maven’s Risk Management Department is responsible for monitoring and controlling market and operational risk across the business as well as providing in-depth reporting on each business line and strategy.
As a core global team, Risk covers Maven holistically across the Proprietary Trading, Market Making and Systematic Alpha businesses and is continually working to identify and mitigate new risks by remaining open minded, objective and comprehensive. The risk team helps Maven grow by working closely with the business to deliver timely market leading risk monitoring and reporting tools.
The Role
The Risk Graduate Program involves a significant amount of day-day quantitative data analysis. As a Junior Risk Analyst you will work closely with the broader market, operational and reporting risk analysts to assist the Global Head of Risk. Over time, you will gain direct exposure to our Portfolio Managers to ensure risk limit compliance, analyse exposures and sensitivities, assist in new strategy/product onboarding, and execute risk model enhancements.
You will complete intensive training in options theory and valuation using Maven’s proprietary valuation libraries. There will be training in quantitative equity risk modelling taking you through fundamental and statistical risk models, and how we at Maven consider equity risk. Further formal training will also cover areas such as credit and equity derivative risk modelling. In parallel to the product and strategy training, you will also be given training sessions on how to use the Maven Python libraries, and our workflow best practices around development and deployment of scripts.
The training will be completed via a series of on the job training sessions with time given for self study. Performance will be assessed by your ability to synthesise information, communicate well with key stakeholders in front office, technology, and operations, and confidence in articulating ideas or risk concerns to the broader risk team and stakeholders.
The expectation is that successful candidates completing the Risk Analyst Program will grow into valued and high profile individuals within the risk team, acknowledged by the front office as technical experts and partners to their continued success.
What we're looking for
- Up to 2 years' work experience or a PhD or Masters in Finance or STEM subject
- Passionate about financial markets and trading strategies
- Strong quantitative skills in statistics, applied mathematics and data analysis
- Desire to learn new technologies (Python, Git, containerisation) and produce market leading risk reporting
- Calm under pressure, good communication skills, team player
Why you should apply
- Exciting opportunity to join a fast growing nimble financial organization with a flat managerial structure
- Unparalleled exposure to a diverse set of trading strategies from volatility alpha to event driven equity, to options market making.
- Expert training by market leading practitioners in technical risk modelling mathematics
- Team-based environment with opportunity to collaborate with Risk Technology colleagues and learn cutting edge coding techniques
- Friendly open environment, informal dress code, highly rewarding culture
Risk Analyst Recruitment Process
Apply - Your first step in our process will be submitting your CV to our application portal.
CV review from our Team - We will be reviewing your CV to ensure you meet our initial requirements.
- Online Assessment - Once your CV has been reviewed and has been successful, this stage is a great way for us to get a better understanding of your technical knowledge and experience. We will be sending you a Python Coding online assessment.
- First Stage Interview - If you pass our online assessment, we would love for you to start meeting the team. The first stage interview will consist of a mixture of behavioural and technical brain teasers.
- Final Stage Interviews - If you are successful to the final stage this will be an assessment day where you will meet multiple members of our Maven team and take part in a mixture of interviews, ranging from behavioural to live coding assessments.
- Welcome To Maven - If you have successfully made it through all of our recruitment process, we would be delighted to make you an offer to join the team!'
