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Koch Capabilities Risk Optimization group is seeking a Risk Analyst, who is passionate about identifying, measuring, and modeling market and credit risk to provide valuable insights for the Koch Investments capability and portfolio of Koch companies. A successful candidate will have financial market and statistical curiosity, be analytical, possess robust statistical aptitude, be an economic and critical thinker, and a continuous learner.

Our Team

Koch Capabilities Risk Optimization is dedicated to enhancing Koch's decision-making processes by advancing our Risk Philosophy and fostering strategic partnerships to manage market, credit, operational, and insurance risks. We work closely with management to effectively communicate and navigate investment and business risks across all Koch entities, ensuring we seize opportunities while mitigating potential downsides. Using mathematical, economic, and statistical concepts, we analyze key risks across the organization and relay these insights to upper management in a concise and timely manner.

What You Will Do

• Assist in building and applying statistical models to help assess risk exposure and understand the potential financial impacts on our diverse investments, trading portfolios, and credit modeling.
• Provide improvements to current market and credit risk models and systems, including validating and implementing new modeling methods and risk metrics.
• Work collaboratively with various teams, such as portfolio management, operations, and accounting, to integrate risk insights and drive value for the organization.
• Participate in discussions with management regarding key portfolio risks and key profit/loss factors.
• Prepare, develop, and own various risk reports and insights on trading strategies within investment and trading portfolios.
• For example, owning and improving systems around enterprise OTC derivative margin risk through partnering with compliance and legal.
• Perform credit modeling and analysis across various businesses.
• Communicate insights effectively to key stakeholders, adding value by informing decision-making processes.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience working with or having course work in financial markets (such as equities, fixed income, derivatives or commodities)
• Willingness to learn programming (such as Python, R, or VBA) and other analytical tools.
• Experience using mathematical and statistical skills to provide analysis.
• Experience using critical thinking skills to make economic decisions.
• Interest in data visualization tools or dashboards (like Power BI or Tableau).
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders to solve problems effectively.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in applying statistical risk metrics to real world business applications (value at risk, correlation, beta, etc.)
• Knowledge or experience in modeling, valuing, and assessing risk of complex financial instruments and derivatives trades
• Advanced understanding with programming languages (Python, R, VBA, etc.)
• Experience with database design and SQL
• Experience with data visualization tools or dashboards (Power BI or Tableau)
• Enthusiasm for applying academic or external research to practical situations.
• For example, statistical knowledge including probability theory, monte-carlo simulation, and passion about translating academic or external research into actionable insights

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

Koch creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services that make life better. Our work spans a vast number of industries across the world, including engineered technology, refining, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, glass, electronics and many more. Headquartered in Wichita, KS, Koch employs about 120, 000 employees across the globe

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.

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