Sr. Risk Manager

At Franklin Templeton, we’re driving our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic and diversified firm spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise that’s both broad and unique. From our welcoming, inclusive, and flexible culture to our global and diverse business, we offer opportunities not only to help you reach your potential but also to contribute to our clients’ achievements.

Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world!

Salary Range $165,000-180,000

O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM) is owned by Franklin Templeton, a diversified firm that spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, giving us many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. With clients in over 150 countries and offices on six continents, you’ll get exposed to different cultures, people, and business development happening around the world. O’Shaughnessy Asset Management is a research and money management firm based in Stamford, Connecticut operating autonomously and backed with global, enterprise resources. Their approach to managing money is transparent, logical, and completely disciplined, leading to long‐standing relationships with clients. OSAM is a leading provider of Custom Indexing services via its Canvas® platform which offers financial advisors an unprecedented level of control and ease in creating and managing personalized separately managed accounts (SMAs) that target improved after-tax outcomes.

For more firm information, please visit www.osam.com

Position Summary:
 

O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM) is hiring a Senior Risk Manager to join our Risk team.  The successful candidate will be able to help our firm reduce and mitigate business, operational and investment risk through data analysis, process automation and project management.  Candidates should be proficient in data analysis within SQL with a background or heavy exposure to a risk and/or audit team functions within financial services, preferably investment management.  Experience in Python and C# is a plus.

What is the Risk group responsible for?

The Risk Team is focused on identifying, reducing, and mitigating business, operational and investment risk.  The guiding philosophy of the firm is Learn, Build, Share, Repeat. The risk team is dedicated to this evolutionary cycle.

What is the Senior Risk Manager responsible for?

The Product Solutions team at Franklin is looking for a Senior Risk Manager to work with senior members of the OSAM and Franklin MOST teams to independently identify investment and business risks, institute appropriate monitoring mechanisms and work with leaders to ensure concerns are reasonably addressed.  This position is a high visibility career opportunity for a candidate with solid risk management experience with retail SMA, institutional and mutual fund portfolios and strong technical skills.  The position will be challenging, exciting, and rewarding as the candidate will have contact with investment teams managing billions of dollars being implemented across thousands of investor accounts, and gain exposure/experience to quantitative investment solutions, custom indexing, derivatives, and other strategies. 

What are the ongoing responsibilities of a Senior Risk Manager?

• Provide independent risk management oversight of quantitative equity, multi-asset class and managed option portfolios, and account implementation.

• Collaborate with the investment and implementation teams to review and establish appropriate internal guidelines to monitor investor accounts and portfolios/strategies, and report exceptions on a regular basis.

• Act as a collaborative and integral partner in the creation of new evaluation metrics as new investment strategies and implementation processes launch.

• Develop and monitor key risk metrics using automated tools and visualization software (SQL, PowerBI, Python, C#)

• Support design and implementation of controls, including review of daily operational readiness controls.

• Collaborate with Franklin risk colleagues and Compliance in identifying, assessing, and reporting on risks within the business.

• Leading BCP, Key Person Risk, Key Vendor Risk, and Risk & Control Self-Assessment exercises

• Tracking Error & Tax Audit - Track and audit how well we are doing for our clients at delivering the lowest possible tracking error relative to associated benchmarks as well as taking into account our clients tax goals

• Automate data reconciliation and as issues arise hand off the issues to key members of OSAM.  Monitor the issue until resolution. Data arenas include: Security, Vendor, Custody, Internal

What ideal qualifications, skills & experience would help someone to be successful?

• 10+ years risk management experience, particularly in Quantitative Strategies and Derivatives (Options).  Previous portfolio management experience will be considered.

• Masters in finance, financial engineering or math, statistics, or other quantitative discipline (preferred).

• CFA and FRM (preferred).

• Strong quantitative skills.

• Strong background in data analysis and SQL and strong knowledge of relational data structures

• Strong verbal and written communications skills.

• Ability to work independently but also collaboratively, think out-of-the-box and provide analysis and recommendations with credibility and confidence.

• Ability to manage multiple projects but focus on and complete priority tasks. Experience in Python and C# is a plus

• Practical experience in computational methods like optimization is a plus

• Visualization experience is a plus (PowerBI, Tableau, etc.)

Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential!

Our culture is shaped by our diverse global workforce and strongly held core values. Regardless of your interests, lifestyle, or background, there’s a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We provide employees with the tools, resources, and learning opportunities to help them excel in their career and personal life.

By joining us, you will become part of a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for maintaining your physical and mental health, saving for life’s adventures, taking care of your family members, or making a positive impact in your community, we aim to have them covered. Learn more about the wide range of benefits we offer at Franklin Templeton: franklintempletoncareers.com/why-work-with-us.

*Most benefits vary by location. Ask your recruiter about benefits in your country.

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.

Franklin Templeton is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. If you believe that you need an accommodation to search for or apply for one of our positions, please send an email to accommodations@franklintempleton.com. In your email, please include the accommodation you are requesting, the job title, and the job number you are applying for. It may take up to three business days to receive a response to your request. Please note that only accommodation requests will receive a response.

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Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential!

Our culture is shaped by our diverse global workforce and strongly held core values. Regardless of your interests, lifestyle, or background, there’s a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We provide employees with the tools, resources, and learning opportunities to help them excel in their career and personal life.

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By joining us, you will become part of a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for maintaining your physical and mental health, saving for life’s adventures, taking care of your family members, or making a positive impact in your community, we aim to have your needs covered. Learn more about the wide range of benefits we offer at Franklin Templeton.

Highlights of our benefits include:

• Three weeks paid time off the first year

• Medical, dental and vision insurance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a generous company match on your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions, up to the IRS limits

• Employee Stock Investment Program

• Reimbursement for certain education expenses 

• Purchase of company funds with no sales charge

• Onsite fitness center and recreation center*

• Onsite cafeteria*

*Only applicable at certain locations

Learn more about the wide range of benefits we offer at Franklin Templeton

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation. 
 
Franklin Templeton is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. If you believe that you need an accommodation or adjustment to search for or apply for one of our positions, please send an email to accommodations@franklintempleton.com. In your email, please include the accommodation or adjustment you are requesting, the job title, and the job number you are applying for. It may take up to three business days to receive a response to your request. Please note that only accommodation requests will receive a response.