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Junior Quantitative Analyst, Risk Management

Ambition recruits for an unnamed family office’s risk team. The analyst evaluates diversified portfolio exposures and develops analytical monitoring tools.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Analyse portfolio risk and liquidity.
Prepare attribution and benchmark analysis.
Improve risk systems and data tools.

What they ask for

Required

Excel and VBA
Python and SQL
Investment knowledge
Quantitative analysis
English communication

Preferred

Bloomberg
Factor models

Education: Relevant quantitative bachelor’s degree required.
Experience: One to five years in relevant risk or investment analytics.
Languages and tools: Excel
VBA
Python
SQL
Markets: multi-asset

How to prepare

Reconcile portfolio exposures.
Build factor-attribution analysis.
Stress liquidity and concentration.

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Ambition Recruitment and doesn’t handle applications.