Investment Risk Analyst Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for investment risk analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for analysis and variance explanation of financial results for assigned markets and asset groups.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Assessing the adequacy of margin requirements
• Analysis of stress tests on securities portfolios and communicating to risk
• Frequent interaction with the WMIS front offices with regards to time sensitive transactional inquiries
• Experience with FactSet and BarraOne preferred
• Experience in working with private equity and hedge fund limited partnership investments
• Experience working in a streamlined, structured, tight control environment where there is a shared understanding of key processes by members of the team, role substitution and coverage, clear processes of checks and balances, and straightforward documentation
• Experience in expense management, monitoring, and reporting
• Demonstrated quantitative/financial analysis capabilities

I would like to submit my application for the investment risk analyst opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for insight and analysis on the financial implications of the change initiatives (including the FICC Markets Transformation project).

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office Access and Excel
• Experience with IRESS or Bloomberg usage and FactSet exposure is advantageous
• Finance major junior standing
• Proven technical aptitude working with Excel spreadsheets and models
• Familiarity with Excel VBA is desirable (not a strict requirement)
• Familiarity with MATLAB is desirable (not a strict requirement)
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision making skills, competencies in finance and advanced mathematics
• Prior experience with all types of securities and derivatives

I would like to submit my application for the investment risk analyst opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for support for entering/exiting new instruments/markets & growth/contraction of existing business via effective due diligence, such as deal valuation, consideration of working capital and cash impacts, and identifying/ mitigating financial or operational risks associated with new activity.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Demonstrated experience with online bank tools
• Working experience with risk modeling platforms such as Axioma, Barra One, Risk Manager, Factset, Northfield an asset
• Have experience with MSCI RiskMetrics and/or Moody’s RiskFrontier and familiarity with Bloomberg and/or Thomson Reuters
• Solid working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Basic understanding of mathematical underpinnings of security pricing, including interest theory, bond pricing, duration and convexity analysis, option pricing, economics and capital markets
• Completion of Level 1 of the Chartered Financial Analyst program preferred
• Previous experience in global macro, systematic futures and Foreign Exchange strategies
• Proven experience and confidence in computer programming, for example VBA, Python, MatLab, etc

Please consider me for the investment risk analyst opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In the previous role, I was responsible for comprehensive view of global currencies and markets to Global Treasury’s financial risk management function in order to ensure that it sets strategies using timely and relevant assumptions and data.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Relevant experience with a hedge fund, investment/risk division of a bank/broker or similar role within an asset management firm (beneficial)
• A highly organised, confident, well-spoken individual with strong analytical skills
• Strong knowledge of macroeconomics
• Knowledge of key components of statutory and GAAP financial statements is helpful
• Stress testing experience would be beneficial
• Focus on client service and is risk averse
• Solve problems of moderate scope and complexity
• Knowledge of statistical calculations, financial instruments and markets, GIPS Performance Presentation Standards and source systems for data

In response to your job posting for investment risk analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for statistical and data support to our business partners to enable insightful analysis to power up strategies across all markets.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Strong analytical skills and investment risk and performance experience
• A willingness to dive into detail oversee and guide processes and small to medium size projects is necessary in this role
• Conduct analysis across funds
• Manage internal investment risk guideline process
• Develop risk management themes/ideas for firm wide exposures
• Manage ERS/ERH process
• Develop dashboards on complex security usage and exposures, liquidity monitoring, counterparty risk, investment risk
• Monitor markets globally for important trends and events