Risk Analyst

at  abrdn

Job Description
At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.
Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.
About the department
The Risk Management team ensures that the activity of abrdn Investments Luxembourg S.A. (“aILSA”) are conducted such that there is full risk management coverage of the funds managed by aILSA or to which aILSA provides risk management services.
About the role
As the Risk Analyst you will get the opportunity to be a part of the Private Markets Risk Management team and will assist the Senior Risk Manager to ensure that aILSA has a fully functioning risk management framework and is compliant with all risk management principles, policies and rules and other applicable risk management regulations in relation to the Private Market AIFs domiciled in Luxembourg and funds in jurisdictions to which aILSA provides risk management services, namely Germany.
Within this role you will ideally be fluent or advanced in both English and German Languages and/or have experience within either Real Estate or Infrastructure in the fund industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Risk Manager in the maintenance of the Risk Management Process
• Performing a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Private Market funds in scope of the Risk Management Luxembourg team, assisting the team in capturing the main investment and operational risks of the funds, this includes among other things, market research papers and assessing potential impacts on our funds, building quantitative and qualitative stress tests, reading financial statements, asset management reports, 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 team 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 the team on the production of regulatory reporting in relation to the AIFs in scope of the team;
• Acting as a helpdesk for both internal and client related queries relating to Investment Risk on the funds in scope of the team, responding to risk-related RFPs and assistance on due diligence reviews;

About the candidate requirements

• Experienced within the fund industry and more specifically within Real Estate;
• Exposure to regulated vehicles, in particular AIFs;
• Good command of Microsoft office tools and in particular Microsoft excel;
• Team player and ability to work in a multi-cultural / international environment;
• Fluent in in English and German.

Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do
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We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.
If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist

• Support the Senior Risk Manager in the maintenance of the Risk Management Process
• Performing a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Private Market funds in scope of the Risk Management Luxembourg team, assisting the team in capturing the main investment and operational risks of the funds, this includes among other things, market research papers and assessing potential impacts on our funds, building quantitative and qualitative stress tests, reading financial statements, asset management reports, 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 team 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 the team on the production of regulatory reporting in relation to the AIFs in scope of the team;
• Acting as a helpdesk for both internal and client related queries relating to Investment Risk on the funds in scope of the team, responding to risk-related RFPs and assistance on due diligence reviews