The Role:

• Partner with APAC Portfolio Management teams to understand and analyze portfolio risk across this geography
• Calibrate and manage risk guidelines for multiple teams, ensuring alignment with firm-wide risk appetite
• Collaborate with portfolio managers to resolve discrepancies in measured risk or address risk exposures out of their guidelines
• Conduct detailed portfolio/trade level analysis, across Rates, FX, Equities, and Commodities
• Present risk assessments to senior-risk and management concisely
• Maintain a detailed and proactive view of the current risk environment, and measure risk events’ potential impact on positions
• Develop reports/analyses for use by the wider risk team and portfolio management

What you'll bring:

• 3+ years of experience in trading, quantitative analysis, or market risk at either a buy or sell side institution
• Deep knowledge of FX and Rates (preference for EM specific experience)
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively within a global team
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex risk concepts to senior management
• Advanced programming skills in Python
• Academic background in a quantitative discipline (e.g.: Mathematics, Finance, Physics)

Our Culture

At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.

Who we are

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a multi-manager platform that invests its capital with Internal and Partner portfolio managers, primarily on an exclusive or semi-exclusive basis, across four trading strategies; quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading and discretionary macro & fixed income. We have created a unique structure to provide global portfolio managers with autonomy, flexibility and support to best enable them to maximize the value of their businesses.

Over the last 30 years, Schonfeld has successfully capitalized on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We have developed and invested heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics and continue to capitalize on new opportunities. In 2021 we launched our newest strategy, discretionary macro & fixed income as part of the continual growth of Schonfeld’s investible universe. Our portfolio exposure has expanded across the Americas, Europe and Asia as well as multiple asset classes and products. 

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