Risk Analyst (Junior)

We're looking for a Risk Analyst to join IMC's Global Risk team. The team (5 FTE) owns IMC’s global risk policies, data, models, methods, and reporting and provides guidance to the regional teams with the aim of having best-in-class and consistent risk management practices within IMC.

Our Global Risk Team's mandate spans all of IMC’s business units, covering both financial and non-financial risks. Given the broad scope of the role, this role offers an excellent opportunity to learn about IMC’s global trading strategies and risk framework in its full breadth. The team is based in Amsterdam and works closely with regional risk, dev and data teams across the globe.

We look for a candidate with ambition to grow into an all-round risk management role in a fast-paced environment. To succeed in this role, you’ll need to be hands-on, operationally skilled (data, coding) and have a decent quant background. It will help when you’re able to see the bigger picture and can think in concepts.

Your Core Responsibilities: 

• Improve financial risk processes owned at the group level, for example: global market risk (VAR, Expected Shortfall), credit exposures (CAR), volatility/factor models, and strategy back-testing.
• Improve non-financial risk processes owned at group level, for example, Key Control Framework (KCF), Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) and Key Risk Indicators (KRI)
• Streamline change management processes for example, requests for risk limits (market and credit risk) or capital
• Improve risk information in IMC’s global performance management dashboard and prepare monthly and quarterly risk reporting to the Management Board, Supervisory Board
• Participate in group-wide risk projects, for example: period risk assessments, risk surveys or model improvements.

Your Skills and Experience: 

• Recent graduates with up to three years of relevant work experience,
• An academic background in a relevant field (such as Mathematics, Physics or Econometrics).
• Genuine interest in financial market and derivatives trading.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to solve problems creatively.
• Experience with a programming language (such as Python).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• A strong team player – at IMC, we’re all in it together.

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.