Firm Overview
Verition Fund Management LLC (“Verition”) is a multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund founded in 2008. Verition focuses on global investment strategies including Fixed Income & Macro, Event & Multi-Asset RV, Equity L/S & Capital Markets, and Quantitative Trading.
Department Overview
The Risk team provides independent oversight and strategic partnership across the firm's investment portfolios and strategies. Risk managers are specialists aligned to individual businesses, with deep knowledge of their markets, strategies and key risk drivers. The team works closely with Portfolio Managers and senior investment leadership to assess exposures, leverage, liquidity, concentration, correlation and other portfolio risks; develop stress scenarios and risk models and provide analysis that informs investment decisions and portfolio construction. Risk also plays a central role in the Firm's investment risk review and capital allocation processes - helping to ensure that risk is appropriately understood, capital is deployed efficiently and portfolios remain aligned with the Firm's objectives and risk appetite.
Responsibilities
- Strategy coverage: Equity Long/Short.
- Monitor portfolio exposures, run stress test scenarios, and track risk metrics.
- Support position and portfolio oversight — concentration, leverage, liquidity, correlation — alongside the Equity Long/Short Risk Manager.
- Build working relationships with portfolio managers on day-to-day risk questions.
- Produce regular and ad hoc risk reports for senior management, the investment committee, and other stakeholders.
- Support model validation and enhancement work in partnership with the Equity Portfolio Researcher and Central team.
- Help ensure adherence to risk limits and internal policies.
Requirements
- 4–5 years of relevant risk management experience in the financial sector with a focus on equity markets.
- Buyside experience preferred.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL; familiarity with AI tools.
- Familiarity with risk models and market conventions (e.g., Barra factor models).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build rapport with portfolio managers and articulate risk concepts clearly.
- High level of intellectual curiosity, strong work ethic, and a keen attention to detail.
- Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented, fast-paced, and dynamic environment.
The annual base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $200,000 (USD). In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for a discretionary performance bonus and a comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate will be determined based on a variety of factors such as geographic location, work experience, qualifications, and skill level.
Salary Range
$150,000 — $200,000 USD