Manager, Investment Risk

Description

• Cultivate strong relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders across Risk, Investment and Asset Management, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Portfolio Management on strategic initiatives
• Conducting asset and portfolio risk reviews/analysis, where you will develop a variety of fundamental and quantitative analytics to assess risks in our assets/portfolios and prepare presentations to discuss key insights and takeaways with the Risk leadership team
• Develop expertise in real estate investing, risk management and portfolio construction by working alongside seasoned investors and risk professionals within our world-class team investing in a global portfolio of diverse, high-quality assets
• Develop a deep understanding of the entire Oxford investment portfolio, including value creation strategies and current occupier/investment market conditions
• Completing comprehensive Transaction Risk Reports that are submitted to the Oxford Investment Committee (Oxford IC), the Transaction Advisory Committee (TAC), and/or the Board Investment Committee (IC), discussing the key risks and assessing the implications of the proposed investments/dispositions for the broader portfolio
• Broaden your internal network with investment professionals across Oxford and the Risk teams of both Oxford and OMERS
• Obtain visibility with Executive and Risk Leadership, through the development and presentation of insights either with transaction risk reviews, risk topic deep dives, or portfolio risk reporting/analysis
• Contribute to the development of Oxford’s Investment Risk function, in coordination with the OMERS risk team
• Performing Transaction Risk Reviews for new acquisitions, dispositions or developments across Oxford by working closely with the transaction teams to ensure key risks are properly identified, well understood, and incorporated into the investment assumptions
• Stay abreast of real estate investment markets and portfolio developments to conduct periodic portfolio risk reviews that integrate market analysis, identify trends and emerging risks across portfolios, and distill complex insights into clear, impactful presentations tailored to diverse audiences, including investment teams, and executive leadership
• Delivering on projects / deep dives across a variety of fields, such as risk modeling, scenario analysis, liquidity, climate risk, customized risk and/or performance benchmarks
• Ongoing monitoring of the performance and risk profile of existing investments to detect early warning signals; Review, recommendation, and assignment of risk ratings for watch listing purposes

Requirements

• Knowledge of Data Visualization (e.g., PowerBI), Statistical Analysis software (R, SAS, SPSS), programming (Python, VBA), or Data Science considered an asset
• Financial Statement Analysis knowledge such as Equity Research and/or Credit Analysis experience is a plus
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with an ability to communicate complex information in a digestible format to senior audiences
• Strong inductive, deductive, and critical thinking skills
• Ability to work well under pressure with multiple or competing deadlines
• Possession of (or working towards) a CFA, FRM and/or a professional accounting designation considered an asset
• Self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic and a high level of attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently as required
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• A strong understanding of real estate or private investment asset classes, including different valuation methodologies used and portfolio construction concepts
• An undergraduate or post-graduate degree in Economics, Real Estate, Commerce, Finance, or Engineering
• 5 to 8 years of experience in a real estate, risk, or finance-related role

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance