Hedge Fund jobs in United Arab Emirates

In this role, you will be driving the risk and P&L monitoring as well as operational controls for the trading desks. You will gain an in-depth understanding of the trade life cycle and the operational aspects of each step.

1. Trading risk management: real-time monitoring of risk, P&L, funding usage
2. Trading risk oversight: market risk, funding risk, counterparty credit risk, trading operational risk
3. Validate risk and P&L bookings, perform reconciliations to ensure integrity of real-time trading performance
4. Risk set-up: work with traders on risk parameters set up, model validation, stress-testing
5. Implement controls over trading risk, bookings and funding operations, using scripts and creating dashboards; draft policies and procedures
6. Perform analytics on trading performance, P&L and risk attribution as well as management reports
7. Close interactions with traders, ops, finance and other stakeholders

1. Degree or above in a quantitative discipline, with professional qualification such as CPA, CFA, FRM an added advantage
2. Minimum 3 years of experience in quantitative trading firm, investment bank or hedge fund, in functions such as Trading Support, Product Control, Market Risk Management, Risk Strategies
3. Hands-on experience developing risk management procedures and risk monitoring tools
4. Strong understanding of financial products, knowledge of crypto products is a plus
5. Proficient in Python and SQL
6. Strong analytical skills, detail-oriented
7. Hands-on, passionate about building, a product owner who can drive an initiative from start to finish
8. Passionate about cryptocurrency and blockchain