Risk Analyst - Real Estate, Private Equity & Infrastructure, Luxembourg
ROLE SUMMARY :
Overall role is to gather and analyse AIF risk data provided by risk support teams and investment management teams and support the risk team in ensuring that Aberdeen Standard Investments has a fully functioning risk management framework and liquidity management system and is compliant with all risk management principles, policies and rules and other applicable risk management regulations.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
Support the Risk Manager in the maintenance of the Risk Management Process ( RMP );
Performing a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the PE, Infrastructure and RE funds domiciled across Europe and assisting the risk manager in capturing the main investment and operational risks of the fund, this includes among other things, market research papers and assessing potential impacts in our funds, building quantitative and qualitative stress tests, reading financial statements, asset management reports, internal valuations, legal and tax opinions, observing Investment Committee meetings and analysing operational risk issues and events reported in our operational risk system SHIELD;
Helping the risk manager on producing risk reports to boards and group committees;
Assisting other internal teams on gathering and understanding risk related data, this includes for example project management teams, operations and compliance;
Assisting other risk teams on improving their processes
REQUIRED SKILL SET :
A minimum of 3 years relevant experience in the fund industry and more specifically within real estate and private equity;
Exposure to regulated vehicles, in particular AIFs;
Good command of Microsoft office tools and in particular Microsoft excel;
Strong analytical and detail oriented skills;
Team player and ability to work in a multi-cultural / international environment;
Ability to set priorities and respect deadlines;
Able to work independently but also flexible and adaptive to a changing work environment;
Fluent in in English and good command of German. Other languages would be an additional benefit.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION :
University degree or similar education
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