Risk Manager - Equities And Options jobs in United States
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WhiteCap Search · 3 days ago

Risk Manager - Equities And Options

positionNew York, NY
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level
money$150K/yr - $250K/yr
date5+ years exp

WhiteCap Search is a leading quantitative trading firm in New York City seeking a highly skilled Risk Manager to support its Options and Equities desk. This hybrid role involves designing risk controls, monitoring risk limits, and collaborating with various teams to enhance risk management initiatives.

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Responsibilities

Design new risk controls for options arbitrage strategies (intraday to long term) that appropriately control market, operational, funding and liquidity risk without disrupting trading activity
Real-time monitoring of intraday risk limits
Investigate the root cause of risk limit breaches and coordinate with operations and trading teams to resolve them
Analyze historical measures in order to calibrate thresholds
Identify gaps in the monitoring of both market and operational risk, and collaborate with Operations to develop and implement new risk monitoring tools
Investigate and onboard proposed strategies; assess relevant risks to the firm and implement appropriate risk metrics
Evaluate bespoke trading opportunities
Work on tactical projects with Finance, Operations and Engineering teams

Qualification

Risk managementEquity arbitrage tradingEquity risk modelsPythonAnalytical expertise

Required

B.S. in mathematics, physics, economics, computer science, electrical engineering or statistics
5-10+ years of relevant risk experience
3+ years of experience as a risk manager focusing on equity arbitrage trading at an investment bank, hedge fund, proprietary trading firm or asset manager
Solid understanding of equity risk models and equity portfolio risk
Programming experience is required (Python preferred)

Company

WhiteCap Search

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WhiteCap Search is a staffing and recruiting firm that functions to enhance the experience of the job search process.
dateFounded in 2017
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://www.whitecapsearch.com

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

J
Jerry Battipaglia
Co-Founder & CEO
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B
Barbara Tamberlane
COO and Founding Partner
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