Junior Associate – Investment Risk Liquid Assets

For over 20 years, Waystone has been at the cutting edge of specialist services for the asset management industry – partnering with institutional investors, investment funds and asset managers. We work with our clients to help build, support, and protect investment structures and strategies worldwide.

Our success depends upon our ability to attract and retain the best, most diverse talent and provide our employees with a broad spectrum of professional development opportunities. Our workplace environment is an inclusive one, where employees can be themselves, reach their full potential and drive business results.

Job Purpose

The Junior Associate – Investment Risk will be an integral part of the Waystone team and will play a pivotal role in proactively managing and supporting their clients and funds from a commercial and governance perspective as well as representing Waystone at external events.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Monitoring of portfolio risks

• Monitor investment compliance (legal framework restrictions and investment strategy limits) and all levels of risk (market, credit, counterparty, liquidity, sustainability).
• Ensure timely checks, production and delivery of risk and compliance reports.
• Effectively escalate, communicate and report breaches to fund managers and to the CSSF.
• Assess and produce funds’ risk profile
• Follow up on client requests and ad-hoc investment product eligibility analysis.
  
  

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Your Profile

• Hold a master’s degree in finance, risk management, business engineering, or mathematics.
• A first experience in Finance is considered an asset.
• Familiarity with Luxembourg’s fund industry and portfolio risk oversight framework for UCITS investment funds.
• Fluent in English with very good writing and verbal communication skills. Any other language would be considered an asset.
• Experience in Python and/or VBA would be considered as an advantage.