Risk Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.

Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.

ROLE DEFINITION:

The Risk Management team ensures that the activity of abrdn Investments Luxembourg S.A. ("a ILSA") are conducted such that there is full risk management coverage of the funds managed by a ILSA or to which a ILSA provides risk management services.

The Risk Analyst will form part of the Private Markets Risk Management team and will assist the Senior Risk Manager to ensure that a ILSA has a fully functioning risk management framework and is compliant with all risk management principles, policies and rules and other applicable risk management regulations in relation to the Private Market AIFs domiciled in Luxembourg and funds in jurisdictions to which a ILSA provides risk management services, namely Germany.

Main responsibilities

• Support the Senior Risk Manager in the maintenance of the Risk Management Process ("RMP");
• Performing a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Private Market funds in scope of the Risk Management Luxembourg team, assisting the team in capturing the main investment and operational risks of the funds, this includes among other things, market research papers and assessing potential impacts on our funds, building quantitative and qualitative stress tests, reading financial statements, asset management reports, valuations, legal and tax opinions, observing Investment Committee meetings and analysing operational risk issues and events reported in our operational risk system SHIELD;
• Helping the team on producing risk reports to boards and group committees;
• Assisting other internal teams on gathering and understanding risk related data, this includes for example project management teams, operations and compliance;
• Assisting other risk teams on improving their processes;
• Assisting the team on the production of regulatory reporting in relation to the AIFs in scope of the team;
• Being the reference point for the Group entities which have outsourced risk management to a ILSA;
• Acting as a helpdesk for both internal and client related queries relating to Investment Risk on the funds in scope of the team, responding to risk-related RFPs and assistance on due diligence reviews;
• Supporting the Senior Risk Manager in delivering risk projects and framework improvements (e.g. in light of regulatory and industry standard practice change);
• Engagement in the development of other team members (especially more junior ones);
• Support the Senior Risk Manager in building a network of relationships in order to have an impact and achieve business results.

Role Specific Skills and Knowledge :

• 1-5 years relevant experience in the fund industry and more specifically within Real Estate; Infrastructure and Private Debt
• Exposure to regulated vehicles, in particular AIFs;
• Good command of Microsoft office tools and in particular Microsoft excel;
• Strong analytical and detail oriented skills;
• Team player and ability to work in a multi-cultural / international environment;
• Ability to set priorities and respect deadlines;
• Analytical skills required
• Fluent in in English and German.
• University degree or similar education;

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas - our vectors of growth - focused on our clients' changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

We're committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense - this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.

Job ID R0072215