Senior Risk Manager

About the role

Garda Capital Partners is seeking a Senior Risk Manager with a macro or rates background to join their team. The role focuses on identifying, measuring, and monitoring risk for a growing portfolio management team.

Responsibilities

• Helping design and develop risk frameworks, processes, scenario/stress analyses, and metrics for risk managing portfolios with a focus on macro strategies
• Conducting deep dive analysis on the relevant PM portfolios. Refine the process of performance assessment, with a keen focus on macro/thematic drivers and crowding analysis
• Building analytics, dashboards, and other tools to monitor risk and sharing with the Risk Management team and/or PMs
• Monitoring and analyzing risk exposures on both a daily and longer-term basis
• Working independently on complex and business-critical risk management projects
• Developing and applying expertise in non-macro trading strategies and market characteristics
• Communicating key risk factors to the broader Risk Management team

Required skills

• Risk management
• Macro trading
• Rates
• Portfolio management
• Scenario analysis
• Stress testing
• Market sensitivity

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field
• 8-10 years of experience in a relevant role at a top tier bank or hedge fund

About the Company

Garda Capital Partners is a multi-billion dollar alternative investment firm with over 22 years of experience deploying relative value strategies across fixed income markets for institutional investors. The firm is built on trust, integrity, and a shared vision for collaborative work and consistent results.