Discretionary Macro Fixed Income Risk Associate

Role overview

Join the APAC portfolio management function as a risk specialist focused on understanding and analyzing portfolio risk across the region. You will help ensure that risk controls remain aligned with the firm's overall appetite while supporting managers with clear, timely insight into exposures and events.

Key responsibilities

• Work closely with APAC portfolio management teams to assess and interpret portfolio risk across the region.
• Set, refine, and oversee risk limits and guidelines for several teams so they remain consistent with the firm's risk framework.
• Partner with portfolio managers to investigate differences in measured risk and to manage exposures that move outside approved boundaries.
• Perform detailed analysis at both portfolio and trade level across rates, FX, equities, and commodities.
• Deliver concise risk updates and assessments to senior risk leaders and management.
• Keep a current, forward-looking view of the risk backdrop and evaluate the potential effect of risk events on positions.
• Create reports and analysis that support both the broader risk team and portfolio management.

What you bring

• At least 3 years of experience in trading, quantitative analysis, or market risk, gained at either a buy-side or sell-side firm.
• Strong expertise in FX and rates, with EM-market experience preferred.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively as part of a global team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex risk topics to senior leaders.
• Advanced Python programming capability.
• A quantitative academic background, such as mathematics, finance, or physics.

About the company

Schonfeld is a multi-manager investment platform that deploys capital with internal and partner portfolio managers across quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading, and discretionary macro and fixed income strategies. The firm has built a structure that gives portfolio managers autonomy, flexibility, and support so they can maximize the value of their businesses.

Over the past 30 years, the firm has focused on identifying market inefficiencies and opportunities, while investing heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure, and risk analytics. In 2021, it introduced its discretionary macro and fixed income strategy as part of an ongoing expansion across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, spanning multiple asset classes and products.

Culture

The organization emphasizes growth, learning, collaboration, and innovation. It supports team members through educational opportunities, internal networks, external partnerships, and service initiatives designed to foster inclusion and a sense of purpose beyond the firm.