Analyst, Hedging

Job Summary

The Analyst, Hedging will be responsible for managing the firm’s asset and liability exposure through capital market derivative trade execution and analysis.  Analytical responsibilities will include the development and maintenance of derivative pricing models (options, currencies and swaps), risk analysis/decomposition, and providing support for the derivatives hedging portfolio. This role will have day to day interaction with external/internal counterparts including Wall Street, IT, product, sales and financial actuaries. 

The Analyst, Hedging sits in the Risk department and is focused on managing capital market risk within the assets and liabilities of the firm. This role will have no direct reports and reports to the Manager, Hedging Strategy.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist traders with the derivatives trading process including trade execution, pre-trading compliance, trade entry, and trade processing issue resolution
• Lead expansion of the hedging platform and reduce firm risk by upgrading the current infrastructure and designing complex derivative trade ideas
• Prepare derivative/hedging reports to share and present to senior management
• Perform ad hoc analysis for stakeholders across the firm through spreadsheet and database reports
• Monitor markets, maintain Wall Street relationships, and manage risk and compliance of the derivative portfolio

Experience and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics
• 1-3 years of investment experience or related business experience is required
• Progress towards or completion of CFA/FRM/ASA are preferred
• Experience in derivatives trading, modeling, risk analysis, and application development preferred
• Familiarity with the markets and an understanding of finance, mathematical finance, economics, accounting, investment, and insurance principles and practices
• Life/annuity insurance experience would be a plus but not required

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