Pacifica Continental
Middle Office Associate
London
Posted 1 day ago
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The Opportunity
We are proud to be partnered with this Family office, based in London supporting with the search of a Middle Office Associate/Risk Analyst, with around 3-6 years experience reporting directly to the CIO in a multi asset scenario.
Key Responsibilities
Risk Management & Monitoring
- Monitor and report on portfolio risk across all asset classes, covering market, credit, liquidity, concentration, geographical as well as sectoral exposures.
- Produce regular risk reports for the CIO/CEO — various exposure summaries, sensitivities, and limit utilisation — escalating Investment Policy Statement (IPS) breaches and emerging risks on a timely basis.
- Design and run stress tests and scenario analyses to assess portfolio resilience under adverse market conditions.
- Monitor the risk profile of the derivatives book (options/futures/swaps), including Greeks, delta and notional exposure, margin, and collateral requirements.
- Track fixed income risk measures including duration, DV01, spread, and issuer credit exposure.
- Maintain and develop the risk framework — limits, tolerances, and the guardrails set out in the IPS — and monitor ongoing compliance with them.
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Middle & Back Office Operations
- Own the periodic reconciliation of positions, cash, and NAV across the firm’s prime custodians and investment vehicles.
- Oversee the trade lifecycle — capture, confirmation, settlement, and the investigation and resolution of breaks — across listed and OTC instruments.
- Maintain the portfolio management system, ensuring data integrity across trades, valuations, and corporate actions.
- Manage day-to-day relationships with custodians and administrators on settlements, corporate actions, margin calls, and reporting queries.
- Oversee independent valuation of holdings, including the pricing of illiquid and alternative positions.
- Maintain Excel-based portfolio workbooks with Bloomberg formula chains (BDP/BDH etc…).
Performance & Investment Support
- Produce performance measurement and attribution analysis at total-portfolio and asset-class level.
- Prepare periodic portfolio performance reports for internal and family-facing audiences.
- Contribute to investment memoranda and portfolio action notes, particularly from a risk and portfolio-construction perspective.
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Candidate Profile
Experience & Qualifications
- 4-6 years in a risk, middle office, performance measurement, or investment operations function — ideally within a family office, asset manager, hedge fund, private bank, or fund administrator.
- Demonstrable understanding of multi-asset portfolio risk across equities, fixed income, alternatives, and derivatives.
- Familiarity with risk measurement concepts (VaR, stress testing, sensitivities, Greeks, duration) and the end-to-end trade lifecycle.
- Degree-level education in finance, economics, mathematics, engineering, or a related quantitative discipline; CFA or FRM progress (or equivalent) is a plus.
Technical Skills
- Bloomberg Terminal proficiency required (BDP/BDH functions, equity and fixed income analytics).
- Advanced Excel skills, including risk and financial modelling and formula-driven portfolio workbooks.
- Strong command of reconciliation and independent valuation processes across multiple custodians and asset types.
Feel free to apply if you have the right skillset.
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Skills
Risk Management
Portfolio Monitoring
Middle Office Operations
Back Office Operations
Trade Lifecycle Management
Performance Attribution
Bloomberg Terminal
Advanced Excel
Financial Modelling
Reconciliation
Derivative Risk Monitoring
Stress Testing
Scenario Analysis
Fixed Income Analytics
Asset Valuation
Investment Operations
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