Risk Director – Private Credit Investment Risk

Risk Director – Private Credit Investment Risk

Requirements

• 10 to 15 years’ work experience in Private Credit markets covering CLO’s, Broadly Syndicated Loans, Direct Lending, and Special Situations/Distress at an Asset Manager, Hedge Fund, or Investment Bank.
• In depth experience with risk modeling quantitative development, portfolio construction, portfolio management, risk identification, and managing lending facilities across various sectors and geographies.
• Demonstrated track record building and fostering a wide range of stakeholder relationships and needs.
• Collaborative and motivated by working in close partnership with colleagues as part of Investment Risk team.

Responsibilities

• Formulate direction around Investment Risk strategy and objectives in alignment with Invesco’s mission and investment philosophy.
• Facilitate investment performance and positive client outcomes through the delivery of commercially aware value-added insights along with effective challenge to the Investment team.
• Support delivery of strategic projects related to technology, data, and human capital to ensure Private Credit Investment Risk has the necessary tools and resources to meet stated objectives.
• Identify key risk exposures and performance drivers; define and monitor risk guidelines and develop quantitative analytics to support risk estimation and management.
• Maintain an active dialogue with the Private Credit investment teams and facilitate discussion between portfolio managers and other risk managers around risk profiles, changes to risk composition and firmwide risk appetite.
• Continually develop and refine Private Credit Investment Risk’s capabilities to understand the drivers of portfolio performance and alpha generation beyond benchmarking.
• Advance the ongoing buildout of data analytics and data libraries to support deep dive analysis across Private Credit portfolios.
• Responsible for on-going review of risk limits and effective challenge process in consultation with Global Head of Alternatives Risk, Portfolio Managers, and Head(s) of Investment.
• Ensure the Private Credit Investment Risk strategy continuously reflects current business environment, market conditions, and legal/regulatory requirements.
• Anticipate new and emerging risks and play a critical role in providing insights and guidance on the positioning of portfolios to be successful across a wide range of market conditions.
• Provide guidance for Private Credit risk governance policies and procedures to ensure Private Credit risk meet business/regulatory requirements and function as designed/planned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Formal Credit training from a Leading Asset Manager / Investment Bank a plus.
• Master’s Degree in relevant financial field a plus (Finance, Risk Management, Financial Engineering, etc.).
• CFA, CAIA, or FRM designation(s) a plus.