Risk Manager

Job location: [{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Delhi","addressCountry":"IN"}}] Work arrangement: Employment type: FULL_TIME Salary: "" Experience requirements: {"monthsOfExperience":96,"educational":{"credentialCategory":"bachelor degree"}} Education requirements: "" Job Description: We are looking for an experienced Risk Manager to assess and manage investment and portfolio risks, support informed decision-making, and strengthen the organization's overall risk management framework. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and risk-quantification capabilities, with the ability to independently evaluate investment proposals, assess portfolio exposures, and communicate risk insights to senior leadership. Key Responsibilities: - Independently assess investment proposals, transactions, and portfolio exposures from a risk perspective. - Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify key financial, market, credit, liquidity, and concentration risks. - Evaluate the risk-return profile of proposed investments and provide clear recommendations to senior stakeholders. - Develop and apply appropriate risk assessment and quantification methodologies for investment and portfolio decisions. - Monitor portfolio risk exposures, limits, concentrations, and emerging risk indicators. - Conduct scenario analysis and stress testing to assess the potential impact of adverse market and business conditions. - Identify emerging risks and proactively recommend mitigation strategies and appropriate risk controls. - Review investment assumptions, financial models, and underlying data to validate key risk factors and sensitivities. - Prepare detailed risk reports, dashboards, investment reviews, and management presentations for senior leadership. - Engage regularly with the CFO, investment team, and other senior stakeholders to communicate risk findings and support decision-making. - Challenge investment assumptions and risk positions constructively while maintaining an independent risk perspective. - Establish and monitor risk limits, thresholds, escalation mechanisms, and governance processes. - Support development and continuous improvement of the organization's investment and portfolio risk framework. - Ensure risk assessments and investment decisions are appropriately documented and aligned with internal policies and governance requirements. - Work closely with finance, investment, treasury, and business teams to obtain relevant information and resolve risk-related issues. - Track mitigation actions and ensure timely closure of identified risk exposures. - Stay updated on market developments, regulatory changes, economic trends, and emerging risks relevant to the investment portfolio. Required Skills & Experience: - 8-13 years of experience in Risk Management, Investment Risk, Portfolio Risk, Financial Risk, or a related function. - Strong experience in investment and portfolio risk assessment. - Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to independently evaluate complex investment proposals. - Strong understanding of market, credit, liquidity, concentration, and investment risks. - Experience with risk quantification, scenario analysis, stress testing, and sensitivity analysis. - Strong understanding of financial statements, investment analysis, valuation concepts, and financial models. - Ability to interpret complex financial and portfolio data and convert analysis into actionable risk recommendations. - Strong stakeholder-management skills with the ability to engage confidently with CFO-level and senior investment stakeholders. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex risk issues clearly to senior management. - Strong judgment, problem-solving, attention to detail, and ability to work independently. - Experience in establishing or enhancing risk governance frameworks and risk reporting processes. Preferred Qualifications: - MBA / Master's degree in Finance, Risk Management, Economics, or a related discipline. - Professional certifications such as CFA, FRM, PRM, or equivalent would be an advantage. - Experience in an investment management, asset management, private equity, NBFC, banking, or financial services environment would be preferred.