Vice President - Risk Management

• Company

  Investcorp

• Location

  Bahrain-Manama

• Remuneration

  Highly competitive

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  08-Nov-2013

• eFC Ref no

  1271890

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Investcorp is primarily an Alternative Asset Management Bank where Treasury related activities go to support balance sheet investment decisions in Alternative Assets like Private Equity, Real Estate and Hedge Funds. The position will be based in Bahrain, reporting to the Head of Risk Management.

The Firm focuses primarily on Alternative Investments like Private Equity, Real Estate and Hedge Funds. The position will be based in Bahrain and may require some travel to London and New York. Overtime, based on business and risk management function evolution, it may be deemed advantageous to locate the position closer to the deal teams in London or New York. Candidate will report to the head of risk management and will be responsible for the following:

Responsibilities

• The candidate will perform risk analysis and stress testing of all PE deals (and potentially RE deals) and present findings to the Risk Committee.
• With experience of at least 2 years with excel-based financial models the candidate will be able to build stress testing and conduct a detailed assessment of deal financials and due-diligence.
• The analysis would entail identifying the macro and micro risk factors in a deal and developing a detailed assessment of the risk return profile of the deal by evaluating the macro and sector drivers, as well as analysis of top-line / bottom-line growth projections, cash flow, working capital, capex and opex.
• Recommend FX, Interest Rate and raw material price hedging strategies as part of the deal risk analysis.
• Perform ex-post deal and portfolio risk analysis based on back-testing and factor and correlation analysis.

The successful candidate will have

• B. Sc. in Finance, Science, Engineering or Math PLUS an MBA / M. Sc. in Finance or Level III CFA.
• 3+ years with a major financial institution, either as a member of the credit risk team focused on leveraged finance or working as an associate or financial analyst within the field of private equity.
• Good understanding of alternative asset classes, including Private Equity, Real Estate and Hedge Funds is a plus.
• A good market knowledge of Fixed Income, Equity and Structured Products is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong work ethic and being able to work in a High Tempo work environment.

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