Risk Analyst

Job description / Role

The Analyst reports to the Risk Management Director and is responsible for the production of consistent and accurate periodic investment performance reports on a timely basis.

Core Responsibilities:

- Generate the investment performance & attribution reports to facilitate the review of the investment performance at investment level, manager level, portfolio level, fund level and QIA - consolidated level.
- Responsible for ensuring that the performance reports produced (either predefined or adhoc) are complete and accurate and presented and submitted in accordance with QIA’s internal policies and procedures.
- Co-ordinate internally (i.e. Finance) and externally (i.e. with the Fund managers/Custodians) to collate relevant investment data, in an efficient and effective manner.
- Introduce necessary checks and balances (e.g. data reconciliations) to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the data that is used in the performance reporting.
- Review the final statements received from the external sources (Fund managers/Custodians, etc) and assess the valuation differences between the provisional estimates and final statements and escalate the material differences to the Manager – Investment Risk for review.
- Notify the Manager – Investment Risk on any delays, exceptions, problems that he/she may experience during the production of the performance reporting.
- Identify the ways and means to make the performance attribution reporting efficient and effective.
- Ensure the required supporting documentation on investment data is kept and any information utilised for performance reporting is captured on the systems, in a structured manner.
- Keep abreast of the industry standards in the performance reporting (e.g. GIPS) that commensurate with the nature, complexity and the geographical spread of QIA’s portfolio, and market dynamics.

Experience and Education:

- Graduate in Accounting/Engineering/Economic/Mathematics. Additional professional certifications like CIPM, is highly desirable.
- Credit Risk Analyst with 5 to 10 years experience in Banking or Credit Rating Agencies.

Skills/Competencies required:

- Possess a good awareness of the financial products and knowledge.
- Advanced Excel skills and good knowledge of other MS Office applications. Prior experience in working with SQLs, data modelling, developing analytics, etc is highly desirable.
- Organized, diligent working style.
- Possess good interpersonal presentation and Communication skills. Team player. Ability to deliver under strict deadlines, self starter.
- Ideally someone from the region (e.g. GCC).

About the Company

The QIA was founded by the State of Qatar in 2005 to strengthen the country's economy by diversifying into new asset classes. Building on the heritage of Qatar investments dating back more than three decades, its growing portfolio of long-term strategic investments help complement the state's huge wealth in natural resources.

Qatar's goal is to become a major international centre for finance and investment management, a vision shared by its government, people and institutions.

Headquartered in Doha, the QIA is structured to operate at the very highest levels of global investing. As a world class investor, the QIA adheres to the strictest financial and commercial disciplines. It has a strong track record of investing in different asset classes, including listed securities, property, alternative assets and private equity in all the major capital markets as well as the newer emerging markets.