Risk & Performance Associate
Posted 6 days 20 hours ago by Signet Global
Risk & Performance Associate (London)
Signet - Investment & Risk Team
We are expanding our Risk & Performance capabilities and looking for a highly analytical Risk & Performance Associate to join our London team. This role is an excellent opportunity for a quantitatively strong professional with 2-4 years of buy-side experience who wants to work across multi-asset portfolios and build advanced analytical tools.
You will work directly with the Head of Risk, Portfolio Managers and the Investment Team, supporting portfolio construction, performance attribution, stress testing and in-house model development.
What You Will Do- Conduct portfolio risk and performance analysis: return drivers, volatility, diversification.
- Analyse factor exposures, correlations, concentration and liquidity.
- Perform performance attribution (alpha/beta, factor, style, allocation/selection).
- Build and enhance Python-based tools for diagnostics, optimisation, scenario simulations and systematic hedging overlays.
- Run stress tests (macro, historical, factor-based) and VaR/ES models (Historical, Monte Carlo, Parametric).
- Support portfolio construction and risk budgeting discussions with PMs.
- Provide actionable insights on deviations in risk/performance metrics.
- Contribute to risk & performance reporting and internal governance processes.
- Monitor cross-asset market dynamics and macro factors impacting the portfolios.
You will work across: Equities, Credit, Rates, Commodities, Private Equity, Real Estate, and both UCITS/AIF fund structures, discretionary and advisory mandates.
What We Expect- 2-4 years in buy-side risk, quantitative research, investment analytics or performance.
- Strong understanding of portfolio theory, factor models and risk-adjusted metrics.
- Solid experience with VaR, ES, stress testing, TE, IR and multi-asset analytics.
- Python proficiency (essential): data analysis, optimisation, time-series, visualisation, plus ML libraries as a bonus.
- Familiarity with systems like Bloomberg PORT, Barra, RiskMetrics, Aladdin is an advantage.
- Experience with Enfusion or in-house risk models is a plus.
- Degree in Quantitative Finance, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Economics (top-tier universities preferred).
- Highly structured, disciplined, detail-oriented.
- Strong quantitative and analytical mindset.
- Able to challenge constructively and communicate clearly.
- Comfortable interacting with PMs and senior investment professionals.
- Curious, proactive, self-starter with strong ownership.
- Work with sophisticated multi-asset portfolios in a London investment team.
- Combine risk, performance and quantitative research in one role.
- Build and shape internal analytics and portfolio tools.
- Direct exposure to PMs and investment leadership.
- Collaborative, disciplined, high-performance culture.
If you're passionate about risk analytics, quantitative modelling and multi-asset investing, we'd be happy to hear from you.