Job Description:

Job Title: Investment Risk – Portfolio Risk Monitoring

Location: Pune, India

Corporate Title: AVP

Role Description

Today, markets face a whole new set of pressures – but also a whole lot of opportunity too. Opportunity to innovate differently. Opportunity to invest responsibly. And opportunity to make change.
Join us at DWS, and you can be part of an industry-leading firm with a global presence. You can lead ambitious opportunities and shape the future of investing. You can support our clients, local communities, and the environment.
We’re looking for creative thinkers and innovators to join us as the world continues to transform. As whole markets change, one thing remains clear; our people always work together to capture the opportunities of tomorrow. That’s why we are ‘Investors for a new now’.
As investors on behalf of our clients, it is our role to find investment solutions. Ensuring the best possible foundation for our clients’ financial future. And in return, we’ll give you the support and platform to develop new skills, make an impact and work alongside some of the industry’s greatest thought leaders. This is your chance to achieve your goals and lead an extraordinary career.

About DWS Investment Risk:

The Chief Risk Office within DWS is an independent function responsible for protecting the business as well as being a trusted adviser and partner for supporting sustainable business growth. As part of the Chief Risk Office, the Investment Risk team is in charge of independent oversight of investment risk of DWS fiduciary portfolios. In this role, it designs and executes the risk programs to identify, measure, control and manage market, liquidity, sustainability, and counterparty risk of fiduciary portfolios. This includes the regular monitoring, analysis, and reporting of risk to portfolio management and DWS management boards.
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What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

Your key responsibilities

Conduct portfolio risk monitoring, analysis, and reporting across risk types (market risk, liquidity risk, and counterparty risk) and asset classes (e.g. equity, fixed income, and commodities)
Conduct Swing Pricing monitoring and analyses, including assessment on transaction costs and available liquidity management tools
Perform data quality analysis and recalculation of risk metrics
Conduct scenario calibration and model parameterizations
Prepare Investment Risk materials for governing bodies
Support DWS Risk projects including Swing Pricing and others

Your skills and experience

University degree in Finance or quantitative field, Chartered Financial Analyst or Financial Risk Manager designations a plus
At least 4 years of proven experience in the financial services industry, with experience in different risk functions (market, counterparty, credit, liquidity) preferably within a buy-side firm
Proven experience with analytical models for financial instruments
Previous experience with BlackRock Solutions Aladdin preferred
Strong knowledge of risk management across a diverse set of instrument types, business mandates, and risk disciplines (market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk)
Excellent verbal and written communications skills, with ability to communicate issues to management proactively and effectively
Proactive mind-set to implement process improvements and new solutions
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
Strong working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SQL, and Python

How we’ll support you

About us and our teams

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Investment Risk – Portfolio Risk Monitoring, AVP