Risk Analytics - Assistant Vice President

About The Employer

State Street Risk Analytics combines unique capabilities in data and analytics to better serve our clients and build relationships with new customers. Through information and insights, investment analytics and data solutions, our goal is to help our clients to generate the most value.

State Street Risk Analytics’ truView platform is a web-based application providing a full suite of analytics that give clients insight into the risks and performance of their investment portfolios. Supporting all asset classes, the platform produces analytics such as: stress testing, value at risk (VaR), position specific analytics for derivatives (delta, gamma, vega etc.) and fixed income characteristics such as duration and convexity

Our core values are as follows and we expect all employees to demonstrate these in day to day work:

Team work

Openness

Positive Attitude

Customer delight

Excellence

Job Description

As an Officer in the Investment Risk Analytics team, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring client portfolios adhere to regulatory and mandate-driven guidelines. You will combine deep subject matter expertise with operational leadership to drive quality, efficiency, and scalability in our service delivery. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Subject Matter Expertise & Query Resolution
• Ensure active participation and ownership of new client onboarding
• Manage systematic model testing for VaR, Vol, TE, stress testing and support Back testing.
• Addressing client queries on investment risk related concepts.
• Strong understanding on security valuation, fix mis valuations on IRS, Swaps, TRS etc
• To provide timely and accurate market data for internal Market risk systems.
• Analyze time series data for information content that may be of use to Risk Managers, such as market liquidity, hedge efficiency
• Support the Client relationship team in ensuring streamlined Investor communications
• The role involves understanding the various processes to generate the risk numbers retrieved by various risk feeds. This will involve evaluation and analysis of Market risk exposures by employing statistical and other approaches.
• Responsible for accurate and timely processing, operations and controls
• Build engagement with service providers and drive KPIs
• Provide support, resolve client issues, and demonstrate a firm understanding of the product.
• Key focus on service delivery excellence and ability to work under pressure.
  
  

• Process Improvement & Risk Mitigation
• Identify operational risks and recommend improvements to ensure robustness, efficiency, and scalability.
• Continuously evaluate and enhance Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to align with best practices.
• Team Management & Oversight
• Lead, coach, and guide a team of compliance analysts. Ensure timely delivery of daily BAU tasks and ad-hoc client requests.
• Provide regular feedback and support individual development goals and team performance.
• Result-oriented with an ownership and accountability mindset
• Commercial acumen - Understanding of cost/budgets
• Drive pay for performance and culture of performance differentiation
• Executive presence, managing with influence and effective communication across stakeholder groups both regionally and globally
• Embed risk excellence culture across the teams
• Encourage and drive a culture of change and ideation
  
  

• Client Experience & Reporting Quality
• Ensure accurate and timely delivery of daily and monthly risk reporting to clients.
• Drive initiatives that enhance the client experience through streamlined reporting and proactive communication.
• Support onboarding of new clients or products, ensuring operational readiness and oversight continuity.
  

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; CA, FRM or CFA certification preferred.
• 12 + years of Financial services experience in Investment operations.
• Good understanding of all financial instruments including complex OTC products.
• Understands regulatory requirements like UCITS, AIFMD, ESMA etc.
• Ability to work and communicate with people across organizational units.
• Strong risk mitigation, problem solving, and decision making skills.
• Ability to think critically and resolve complex problems.
• Strategic mindset – looking at bigger picture for the future of the organization.
• Change agent with abilities to navigate challenges effectively.