Senior Hedging Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Implement approved derivative hedging transactions within assigned authority and oversee the entire trade lifecycle.

• Conduct pre-trade assessments, capture trades, manage confirmations, coordinate settlements, and resolve issues.

• Act as the main point of contact for trade execution and support-related matters with internal teams, counterparties, brokers, and service providers.

• Track derivative positions, market data, operational timelines, and established controls.

• Create, validate, and circulate regular reports on hedging, risk, and management.

• Evaluate portfolio exposures, market sensitivities, profit and loss, hedge performance, broker quotes, trade economics, and valuation results.

• Assist in the analysis of custom indices, payoff structures, and new financial products.

• Utilize Python, SQL, Excel, and related tools to automate workflows, enhance data quality, and improve reporting and trade support.

• Lead or participate in the enhancement of hedging processes, trading and risk systems, and reporting, including requirements gathering, testing, implementation, and procedure updates.

• Maintain process documentation and assist with business, audit, regulatory, and risk management inquiries.

• Offer guidance, mentorship, or subject matter expertise without formal supervisory responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be taken into account.

• Over 3 years of progressive experience in hedging, derivatives, trading, capital markets, treasury, investment operations, or a similar financial services role.

• Proven experience in executing, supporting, or managing derivative trade lifecycles, including options, swaps, and futures.

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel are essential.

• Preferred working knowledge of SQL and relational databases, such as SQL Server.

• Familiarity with Bloomberg or similar platforms for investment analysis, portfolio management, and reporting.

• Solid understanding of derivative pricing, market risk, portfolio exposures, sensitivities, profit and loss, hedge performance, and valuation concepts.

• Experience in insurance, asset liability management, or life/annuity hedging is preferred but not mandatory.

• Preference for experience with derivative valuation, market risk, hedge performance, and profit and loss analysis.

• Preference for experience using Python to automate business processes, analyze financial or operational data, develop repeatable reporting, or support trading and hedging workflows.

• Capability to adhere to established processes and controls, identify exceptions, and escalate issues as necessary.

• Strong verbal and written communication abilities.

• Capacity to make timely decisions within defined authority limits in a fast-paced, market-sensitive, deadline-driven environment.

• Proficiency in prioritizing competing requests, managing multiple responsibilities, and working both independently and collaboratively.

• High standards of professionalism, confidentiality, accountability, and ethical behavior.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility for in-office, hybrid, and remote work arrangements, determined with the leader during the hiring process.

• Employee-focused flexible work environment.

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Reasonable accommodations available for applicants and candidates with disabilities.