Risk Manager - Commodities
Risk Manager - Commodities
Risk Manager - Commodities
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Hudson River Trading is seeking a Commodities Risk Manager for their NYC office. The role involves managing market and liquidity risk for commodities trading, designing risk controls, and collaborating with various teams to enhance risk monitoring tools. This position offers a chance to impact a growing area of the business in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
Qualification
- 7+ years of experience as a risk manager in commodities within an investment bank, hedge fund, or asset manager.
- Strong understanding of the commodities landscape, including futures and physical trading, and relative value hedge fund strategies.
- B.S. in mathematics, physics, economics, computer science, electrical engineering, or statistics.
- Working knowledge of Python and Linux.
Responsibility
- Design new risk controls for commodities trading strategies that manage market, operational, funding, and liquidity risk.
- Advise senior management on new commodities strategies, assessing their risk profiles and feasibility.
- Analyze historical measures to calibrate risk thresholds.
- Design and build risk models reflecting the unique characteristics of commodities products.
- Monitor market, operational, and liquidity risk, resolving risk limit breaches in collaboration with trading teams.
- Develop and implement new risk monitoring tools in partnership with Operations.
- Evaluate bespoke trading opportunities.
- Work on tactical projects with Finance, Operations, and Engineering.
