Risk Manager
At a glance
Manager-level Risk & Financial Compliance role at Invesco. Atlanta · full-time · $150,000–$165,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Check portfolios against approved risk policies and work with investment teams to keep them within set limits
- Assess portfolio and benchmark exposure to market, liquidity and concentration risks in ordinary and stressed markets
- Brief committees, fund boards and senior leaders on portfolio risk and performance through written and spoken analysis
- Build scalable risk analytics and measurement methods with programming, including approaches to reduce portfolio risks
- Support product and investment-solution development, while handling projects that introduce new ways to assess risk
What you bring
- Around seven or more years in investment management
- A quantitative bachelor's or master's degree, such as in finance, statistics, mathematics or another listed field
- Working knowledge of fixed-income instruments, including derivatives, international markets and risk models
- Strong statistical programming and analysis, with Python, R and SQL knowledge plus Power BI or Tableau
Who this fits
You’ll suit work that combines quantitative risk analysis with clear explanations for non-technical audiences and collaboration across investment teams. The role is based in Atlanta and requires at least four full office days each week.
From the employer
About Invesco
As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.
What’s in it for you?
Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:
Flexible paid time off
Hybrid work schedule
401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
Health & wellbeing benefits
Parental Leave benefits
Employee stock purchase plan
Job Description
Key Responsibilities / Duties:
· Monitor and ensure portfolios conform to established and approved risk policy. Partner with investment teams to ensure compliance with approved risk limit frameworks.
· Perform risk analysis on portfolios and their benchmarks, reporting on market, liquidity and concentration risk. Be able to accurately evaluate risks under both normal and stressed market conditions through the use of both vendor and proprietary tools
· Deliver written memos and presentations to committees and fund boards. Present portfolio risk and performance analysis to senior leaders across the firm.
· Have strong programming skills to enable problem solving, development of solutions that can be scaled across numerous portfolios, and the development of proprietary risk measurement approaches and mitigation strategies.
· Collaborate with investment teams in monitoring and managing portfolio risk. Provide risk analytic insight that enhances the investment process.
· Contribute to the development of new products and investment solutions for clients by collaborating with the investment and business development teams.
· Maintain excellent knowledge of fixed income investments, investment processes, trading strategies, market characteristics and knowledge of regulatory environment.
· Executing ad-hoc projects that involve devising and/or implementing new ways to analyze risks, or ways to analyze new types of risks, and explaining them to various investment professionals
· Involvement in or ownership of special projects as determined by management
Work Experience / Knowledge:
· Approximately 7+ years of experience in the investment management industry.
· Understanding of fixed income financial instruments including derivatives and a familiarity with international markets.
· Understanding of risk models and methodologies. Experience with one or more of the following systems desirable: BlackRock Aladdin, MSCI RiskMetrics, MSCI BarraOne, Bloomberg PORT
Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required:
· A passion for risk management and a proven interest in financial markets through work experience and outside activities
· Strong statistical programming and data analysis skills
· Strong quantitative and analytical skills
· Excellent communicator with the ability to explain sophisticated ideas clearly and expertly to non-technical/non-quantitative audiences
· Ability to influence without authority, building/maintaining relationships across multiple business functions
· Ability to prioritize and handle dynamically changing work requirements in a fast-paced environment
· Results-driven approach
· High standards of work quality and integrity
· Strong organizational skills, demonstrate proactiveness and curious learner
· Enjoy working as part of a team in a collaborative workplace
· Intellectually curious with a dedication to continuous learning
· Knowledge of Python, R, SQL as well as Power BI or Tableau
Formal Education:
· Bachelors or Masters degree in a quantitative field such as quantitative finance, statistics, mathematics, operations research, engineering, or computer science
License / Registration / Certification:
· Work toward a CFA or FRM designation would be preferable
The salary range for this position in is $150,000 - $165,000/year. The total compensation offered for this position includes salary and incentive pay and will vary based on skills, experience and location
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Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm’s most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other’s growth and development.
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.
Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.