Risk Manager

We are a leading independent global asset manager, dedicated to delivering the best outcomes for our clients through a highly diversified range of actively-managed products. We are truly global, supporting our individual and institutional investors across a range of products, encompassing equities, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives. Our high-energy and collaborative culture at Janus Henderson helps our client achieve their goals and ensures that our people love the place they work.

Our culture is the foundation for how we interact with clients and one another as part of our unique, people-focused work environment. We support a flexible hybrid working model that allows teams to build a strong and positive culture by inspiring innovation and increasing collaboration. Currently our hybrid working model allows employees to work 3 or more days in office and the remaining time remotely.

Employees and Managers will discuss and determine what schedule works best for them and the team, with additional flexibility available based on the role, business needs, and individual circumstances.

Why work for us?

Janus Henderson is a leading global active asset manager. We exist to help our clients achieve their long-term financial goals. Our team exemplifies our values of putting clients first, acting like owners and succeeding as a team. Our culture is high-energy, collaborative, and forward-thinking with opportunities to grow in an exciting career. We invite you to consider joining our dynamic, global team

Your opportunity

This role will mainly cover Financial Risk and, to a lesser extent, Operational Risk oversight. The role will work closely with the Risk Management teams in London, Denver and Singapore on key global projects, developments and enhancements to the Global Financial Risk framework.

This role is located in our Luxembourg office, will report to the Conducting Officer in charge of Risk Management, and will form a core part of the local team which includes a number of product, distribution, operations, risk and compliance professionals. The role will focus on our Luxembourg and Irish fund ranges and mandates and will offer the opportunity to be involved in corporate projects as well as local operations.
- Support in delivering an effective Risk Management framework, always with global alignment in mind, where possible, including VaR, leverage, liquidity risk, sustainability risk, counterparty risk, credit risk and market stress testing,
- Produce regular and ad hoc reporting to regulators, internal governance committees as well as clients,
- Monitor and prepare risk profiles and related thresholds,
- Maintain and develop clear and concise documentation on processes and methodologies as well as regular updates of policies and procedures,
- Identify enhancements to existing processes, and bring forward new ideas on how to advance further on risk management activities,
- Partner with stakeholders to support, maintain, and enhance the functionalities of the risk management tools,
- Build and maintain strong relationships within the Risk Management team globally, and with other teams locally and within the Group.

What to expect when you join our firm
- Hybrid working
- Generous Holiday policies
- Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to ClassPass
- Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
- Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
- All-inclusive approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
- Complimentary subscription to Headspace - the mindfulness app
- All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities

Must have skills
- Self-starter and pro-active, with the ability to challenge constructively and deliver positive outcomes,
- Good communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at different levels or seniority to build and maintain relationships internally and externally,
- Good planning, organizational and prioritization skills, and ability to assist team members with this as necessary to meet tight deadlines and work in a pressurized environment,
- At least 5-7 years of experience in risk management and/or controls activity,
- Very good understanding of financial markets, different asset classes and risk management, with the ability to create a dialogue with the fund managers,
- Very good understanding of different risk measures, financial instruments and portfolio construction,
- Good knowledge of applicable UCITS and AIFM regulations (at both CSSF and EU level) and understanding of the local regulatory environment
- Good knowledge of Excel and Word required, knowledge of VBA / R / Python/ SQL would be helpful,
- Fluent written and spoken English required, other European languages an advantage,
- Ability to work with large data sets, producing metrics and other analytics f