Mercer · 17 hours ago
Investment Risk Manager
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$112K/yr - $223K/yr
5+ years expMercer is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, and they are seeking an Investment Risk Manager to join their Secor team. This role involves overseeing investment risks, collaborating with portfolio management teams, and providing analytical insights to enhance the investment and risk management process.
BankingConsultingEmployee BenefitsFinancial ServicesHuman ResourcesWealth Management
Responsibilities
Monitor portfolios to ensure conformity with established investment risk guidelines
Investigate any investment guidelines exceptions and unexpected behavior that arise in the portfolio management process and respond in real time. Report exceptions to the Compliance officer and Management
Collaborate with portfolio management teams to understand investment objectives and formulate suitable investment guidelines
Provide analytical insight to enhance the investment and risk management process
Perform risk analysis on portfolios and their benchmarks, reporting on market, liquidity and concentration risk
Present portfolio risk and performance analysis to senior leaders across the firm
Coordinate the addition of new instruments, portfolios and counterparties to the risk monitoring process
Oversee and control the coding of investment guidelines into the risk system to ensure independent rule setting
Develop risk measurement approaches and mitigation strategies
Qualification
Required
5+ years of relevant investment risk management experience in a buy side firm
Detailed understanding of risk measurement and risk management approaches
Ability to accurately evaluate and quantify risks under both normal and stressed market conditions using both vendor and proprietary tools
Strong understanding of fixed income analytics, security valuation and bond math required
Have strong analytical skills to enable problem solving and development of solutions that can be scaled across numerous portfolios
Must be detail oriented and have strong problem solving and analytical skills
Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
Self-starter with the ability to work independently
Bachelor's Degree in finance, math, computer science, or other quantitative field required
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel required
Preferred
Experience with CRIMS, Bloomberg and Yield Book a plus
Experience in Python or similar programming languages a plus
Benefits
Health and welfare benefits
Tuition assistance
401K savings and other retirement programs
Employee assistance programs
Company
Mercer
Mercer is a human resource consulting service that includes compensation, employee benefits, communications, and investment consulting. It is a sub-organization of Marsh & McLennan.
10001+ employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Dorothee Gnaedinger
Partner and CEO Mercer Denmark
John Mallozzi
Partner, Global Segment Leader
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2025-11-05
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