About the Role
The IRO Specialist will be a member of the GRM Investment Risk Oversight team, responsible for the independent risk oversight (2 LoD) of Capital Group’s Europe and Asia portfolios. This role is key in supporting senior management and serving as a point of contact for governance groups, Boards, and Clients, ensuring ongoing fiduciary oversight and supporting regulatory and client demands.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the ongoing and periodic oversight and monitoring of risk and compliance limits with full access to investment-related systems.
- Responsible for leading/coordinating risk reporting requirements as required from regulators through working with internal groups.
- Responsible for leading/coordinating client demands relating to investment risk management.
- Responsible for fully understanding, maintaining and executing the Risk Policy.
- Develop and provide risk reporting to senior management and oversight forums, including risk committees and boards.
- Support global investment risk management related initiatives/questions.
Requirements
- 8+ years’ experience in risk management and/or risk reporting.
- Bachelors in quantitative subject such as Economics, Finance, or Statistics is preferable.
Skills
- Deep understanding of investment risk management concepts, including market, liquidity, credit and counterparty risk.
- Familiarity with risk management approach for private markets assets such as private credit and private equity is a plus.
- Demonstrates knowledge and experience in managing risk management frameworks, in particular investment risk management within an asset management firm.
- Demonstrates sound judgment and ability to independently resolve matters of moderate to high-risk complexity.
- Demonstrates initiative by identifying issues and recommending comprehensive solutions.
- Demonstrates effective written and oral communication skills with a diverse group of associates and senior business leaders.
- Demonstrates ability to plan processes and collaborate with a group or team to assure work is completed in a timely manner.
- Demonstrates ability to network and develop/maintain active relationships within and outside of the Group.
- Demonstrates organizational agility and ability to manage ambiguity.
- Demonstrates ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and integrity.
- Self-directed with the ability to work both collaboratively and independently to consistently meet quality and time deadlines.
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Flexible work options
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Education Level
- Bachelors in quantitative subject such as Economics, Finance, or Statistics is preferable.
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
- Individual annual performance bonus
- Capital's annual profitability bonus
Benefits
- Generous time-away
- Health benefits from day one
- 2-for-1 matching gifts for charitable contributions
- Opportunity to secure annual grants for organizations
- On-demand professional development resources
- Company-funded retirement contribution (15% of eligible earnings)
About the Company
- At Capital Group, the success of the people who invest with us depends on the people in whom we invest. That’s why we offer a culture, compensation and opportunities that empower our associates to build successful and prosperous careers. Through nine decades, our goal has been to improve people’s lives through successful investing. We know that our history is a testament to the strength of the people we hire. More than 9,000 associates in 30+ offices around the world help our clients and each other grow and thrive every day.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
