Counterparty Risk Manager
UBS · New York City
You will play a key role in protecting the firm while supporting business growth by providing independent risk assessment, portfolio analysis, and strategic input on client transactions across a broad range of financing and derivatives activities. This is a client facing role in a highly dynamic environment.Working closely with Sales, Credit Risk, Quants, Legal, Operations and Technology teams, you will help drive the continued evolution of our risk management framework while delivering transparent and actionable risk insights to senior management.
Key Responsibilities
• Manage counterparty exposure across a portfolio of hedge funds and other institutional clients.
• Assess and monitor client portfolios, identifying systemic and idiosyncratic risks and emerging vulnerabilities across market conditions.
• Analyze and communicate key risk drivers, significant market events and portfolio developments to senior management and business stakeholders.
• Partner with Sales and Trading teams to evaluate new transactions, client onboarding opportunities and business initiatives while ensuring risk vs reward is appropriate.
• Review new client portfolios and financing requests, providing recommendations regarding risk appetite, limits, choice of margin methodology and collateral requirements.
• Negotiate and review credit support documentation, margin agreements and risk-related legal terms alongside Legal and Credit Risk teams.
• Contribute to the enhancement of margin methodologies, stress-testing frameworks and risk analytics across financing and derivatives businesses.
• Collaborate with global risk teams to ensure consistency of risk management practices and support cross-regional business growth.
• Drive process improvements and automation initiatives using quantitative tools and data analytics.