Overview

This is an opportunity to join the Financial Modelling team at a fast-growing WealthTech business that is redefining how individuals and families engage with their personal finances. The team sits at the intellectual core of the business, translating complex financial realities into robust, scalable, and personalised insights powered by data.

The Investment Risk Modelling Associate will take ownership of the day-to-day operation and continuous improvement of the firm\'s proprietary risk model suite. This includes the risk assessment framework, investment analytics engines, and all related reporting infrastructure. The role sits at the intersection of quantitative modelling, data quality, and cross-functional collaboration, and will be critical in scaling the framework into a production-grade environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Run the risk model framework\'s standard processes to ensure all live assets carry an assigned and reviewed risk assessment.
• Assist in migrating locally hosted Python models to the back-office and web-based platform.
• Contribute to the maintenance, update, and governance of capital market assumptions feeding into the framework, including model risk control and model research.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive AI adoption across risk analytics processes.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation for codebases, factor definitions, and validation processes to ensure transparency and transferability.
• Serve as a go-to resource for resolving risk-related queries from business stakeholders.
• Build, deploy, and maintain an asset data monitoring system to flag data quality risks such as missing holdings, stale prices, and reference data errors.
• Identify and resolve anomalies in vendor data.
• Run monthly and quarterly model validation packs and support periodic re-calibration of risk factors in collaboration with the Risk Lead.
• Contribute to the development of the team\'s Financial Insights Tool by integrating additional analytical capabilities, including mortgage analysis, property analysis, and private markets look-through.
• Produce high-quality investment risk and performance scenarios and portfolio analyses for reuse by business stakeholders.
• Translate model outputs into clear, accessible summaries for non-technical audiences.
• Supply risk insights, stress-test narratives, and benchmark commentary to marketing and business development teams.
• Collaborate with the Product team to define acceptance criteria for new risk analytics features and act as a tester for risk outputs embedded in user workflows.
• Support model migration into the back office by helping define interfaces, service level objectives, error budgets, and rollback plans, and coordinate incident response with developers.

Skills & Experience

• Up to four years of experience in the financial industry, ideally within risk management or financial modelling.
• Degree in finance, economics, or a related discipline; a Master\'s degree and/or CFA qualification (or progress toward it) is advantageous but not required.
• Proficiency in Python; strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel for portfolio analytics and data manipulation.
• Solid understanding of investment risk management, portfolio construction, and asset and liability frameworks.
• Understanding of financial planning analysis in the context of sophisticated clients.
• Strong analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in client-facing interactions is useful but not required.
• Collaborative, curious, and detail-oriented approach to work.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Private healthcare through Vitality, including 50% off premium gym memberships and access to an exclusive rewards programme.
• Employee assistance programme providing mental health and wellbeing support.
• 25 days of annual leave per year, with a genuine expectation to disconnect; routine appointments do not require leave to be booked.
• Regular team socials offering a variety of activities designed to be inclusive and accessible.
• Dog-friendly London office with breakout spaces and silent booths to suit varying working styles.
• 3% employer pension contribution as standard, with enhanced employer contributions available through salary sacrifice.
• Additional benefits including family-friendly policies, support toward professional qualifications, and an electric car scheme.

Application Process

Candidates who meet the skills and experience criteria are encouraged to apply. Applications should reflect relevant experience in risk modelling, Python-based analytics, and financial data management. Progression toward or interest in the CFA qualification is welcomed but is not a prerequisite for consideration.

About Senna

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