Risk Analyst
Role Overview
Join APFC’s three-person Risk & Compliance team, reporting to the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer.
Gain exposure to investment risk management across public and private markets as part of a small, collaborative team.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Join APFC’s three-person Risk & Compliance team, reporting to the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer.
Gain exposure to investment risk management across public and private markets as part of a small, collaborative team.
Principal responsibilities
- Capture positions and exposures comprehensively and on time to identify and measure risk.
- Update and maintain risk models and tools; analyze portfolio structure and sources of risk against benchmarks.
- Conduct industry and market research; collect, analyze, and summarize data.
- Develop understanding of external portfolio managers’ risk management approaches.
- Perform portfolio risk and return attribution and compare it with active risk sources.
- Maintain and develop private equity and infrastructure cash flow and risk models.
- Monitor positions, holdings, and market, credit, and liquidity exposures.
- Prepare regulatory compliance reports and conduct special risk-related research across relevant asset classes.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, accounting, business administration, statistics, mathematics, engineering, or a related quantitative field.
- No directly related professional experience is required.
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills; ability to identify issues and communicate findings and potential solutions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred qualifications
- MBA, master’s degree in finance, or CFA designation.
- One to three years of related investment management or financial services experience.
- Experience in investment risk analysis, risk reporting, or operational risk management; familiarity with risk systems such as Aladdin.
- Experience assessing methodologies and recommending improvements; ability to create clear reports and presentations for management.
Tools and asset classes
- Key analytical tools include Aladdin, eFront or other risk analytics tools, Bloomberg, Burgiss, and Microsoft Excel and Office.
- Research may cover public equity, private equity, infrastructure, hedge funds, fixed income, distressed debt, and other asset classes.
About APFC
APFC is a state-owned investment organization based in Juneau, Alaska, managing the assets of the Alaska Permanent Fund.
Its diversified portfolio spans public and private markets, real estate, and alternative investments.
Application requirements
- Submit a resume or CV, a cover letter explaining alignment with the role, and complete responses to all application questions.
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