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Hudson River Trading · 3 days ago

Risk Manager - Commodities

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$200K/yr - $300K/yr

7+ years exp

Hudson River Trading is hiring a Commodities Risk Manager for their NYC office. The role involves designing and managing market and liquidity risk for commodities instruments and strategies while collaborating with various teams to ensure effective risk management.

Financial Services

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design new risk controls for commodities trading strategies (including futures relative value and derivative vs. physical) that appropriately control market, operational, funding and liquidity risk without disrupting trading activity

Understand and advise senior management on the nuances of proposed new commodities strategies; investigate and onboard new strategies, assess their risk profile, and make recommendations on both the suitability and feasibility of any new strategies for the firm

Analyze historical measures in order to calibrate thresholds

Design & build risk models to appropriately reflect idiosyncrasies of commodities products (e.g. seasonality)

Monitor market, operational, and liquidity risk; partner with operations & execution trading teams to investigate & resolve risk limit breaches

Collaborate with Operations to develop and implement new risk monitoring tools

Evaluate bespoke trading opportunities

Work on tactical projects with Finance, Operations, and Engineering

Qualification

Commodities risk managementRisk model designPythonSQLLinuxEffective communicationCollaborationWritten communicationVerbal communication

Required

7+ years of experience as a risk manager covering commodities in an investment bank, hedge fund, or asset manager

Strong understanding of the commodities landscape (both futures and physical trading), as well as relative value hedge fund strategies

B.S. in mathematics, physics, economics, computer science, electrical engineering or statistics

Working knowledge of Python, Linux, SQL

Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders across the firm including traders, operations, and other risk managers

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

Discretionary performance-based bonuses

Competitive benefits package

Company

Hudson River Trading

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Hudson River Trading opertes as a multi-asset class quantitative trading firm.

Founded in 2002

New York, New York, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com

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