Associate Director Risk And Performance

About our client

We are working with a leading multi-family office headquartered in Dubai, managing significant global investments across diverse asset classes for GCC based families. Driven by a commitment to ethical standards, the firm applies a rigorous long-term strategic asset allocation and deploys capital to high-quality, best-in-class managers.

What the job involves

• Maintaining accurate portfolio performance by managing reporting, analysis, and communicating insights to stakeholders, covering both private and public markets
• Improving risk and return reports
• Working with operations to resolve issues affecting performance, such as pricing, derivatives, corporate actions, transfers, and cash flows
• Supporting with design and implementation of policies and processes to resolve operational issues and reduce risk
• Conducting risk reporting and analysis, collaborating with the IT team to enhance performance systems and deliver data
• Developing new risk metrics and methodologies to strengthen risk tools
• Assisting with fund due diligence by assessing performance, risk, and peer comparisons
• Measuring and monitoring portfolio risk exposures and defining the budget for each asset class

Who we are looking for

• A background in statistics or finance, preferably with CFA or CPA qualifications
• Programming skills (Visual Basic, Python, R, SQL)
• Strong financial reporting and analysis capabilities across performance and risk
• A good understanding of public and private markets
• Quick, detail-oriented learners with a strong sense of urgency and the ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly in both written and verbal presentations