Validus Risk Management is a specialist, technology-enabled advisory firm at the intersection of financial markets, risk analytics, and strategic consulting. We partner with institutional investors, private capital firms, and portfolio companies to help them measure, manage, and optimise exposure to FX, interest rate, and other market risks.
We are hiring a Senior Risk Advisory Consultant to play a pivotal role in our European Risk Advisory team. This is a client-facing, high-impact role combining technical market risk expertise, strategic advisory work, and leadership responsibility — ideal for professionals from market risk, treasury, derivatives, or financial advisory backgrounds.
Responsibilities:
Client Leadership & Advisory- Act as lead advisor and primary point of contact for a portfolio of key institutional and private capital clients
- Deliver project-based engagements and ongoing retainers, advising on FX, interest rate, and derivative risk strategies
- Translate complex market risk analytics into clear, actionable recommendations for senior client stakeholders
- Conduct market risk assessments, stress testing, and VaR modelling across FX, rates, and derivative portfolios
- Build and maintain Excel-based risk models for exposure analysis, scenario planning, and hedge effectiveness
- Support clients on hedging strategy design, risk mitigation, and performance monitoring
- Respond to ad-hoc, high-stakes client queries with structured, commercially sound insights
- Proactively identify emerging risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities to enhance client outcomes
- Contribute to innovative projects, new methodologies, and the evolution of Validus’ advisory and technology offering
- Work closely with Quantitative, Global Capital Markets, and Technology teams to deliver integrated solutions
- Support business development, including proposals, client pitches, and cross-sell / up-sell initiatives
- Present and demonstrate Validus’ risk technology platform to clients and prospects
- Mentor junior team members and oversee delivery across multiple client engagements
- Help shape best practices, internal processes, and a high-performance advisory culture
RequirementsExperience
- Strong professional experience in market risk, treasury, derivatives, or financial advisory, ideally from:
- Investment banks (FX / rates hedging, market risk, structuring)
- Asset managers, private capital, or institutional funds
- Risk or management consulting firms
- Exposure to institutional or private capital clients strongly preferred
- Deep understanding of FX hedging, interest rate risk, and derivative instruments
- Experience with VaR modelling, stress testing, and market risk monitoring
- Advanced Excel modelling skills; PowerPoint proficiency
- Familiarity with Bloomberg or similar market data platforms
- Relevant undergraduate degree (Finance, Economics, Engineering, Maths, or similar)
- CFA or FRM (completed or in progress) highly valued
- Other relevant qualifications welcomed (MBA, MSc Finance, AMCT/MCT, CAIA, CIMA, ACCA)
- Excellent written and verbal communication with a client-centric mindset
- Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform under tight deadlines
Benefits
- Working at Validus can offer an exciting opportunity for both personal development and professional growth. Share in our mission to become the largest and most respected specialist provider of financial market risk services in the world. Notable benefits include a competitive remuneration package (salary + bonus), pension contributions, regular social events, train ticket loans and financial support towards professional qualifications.
- Validus is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Skills Required
- Professional experience in market risk, treasury, derivatives, or financial advisory
- Client-facing experience with institutional or private capital clients
- Deep understanding of FX hedging, interest rate risk, and derivative instruments
- Experience with VaR modelling, stress testing, and market risk monitoring
- Advanced Excel modelling skills
- PowerPoint proficiency
- Familiarity with Bloomberg or similar market data platforms
- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Maths, or similar
- CFA or FRM (completed or in progress)
- Other relevant qualifications (MBA, MSc Finance, AMCT/MCT, CAIA, CIMA, ACCA)
- Excellent written and verbal communication and client-centric mindset
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform under tight deadlines
What We Do
Validus Risk Management is an independent market risk advisory firm specialising in the management of currency, interest rate and commodity price risk. We help our clients navigate and manage financial risk with a hands-on advisory approach and award-winning technology solutions. Our systematic financial risk management methodology has been designed to increase risk transparency, create customised risk management solutions, and facilitate the efficient execution of hedging transactions by minimising information asymmetry between clients and banking counterparties. The Validus Risk Management advisory service gives our clients access to the latest risk management technology and independent expertise at a fraction of the cost of an in-house financial risk management function. Validus works with a range of companies across the globe, from SMEs to multinational corporations, as well as pension funds and leading alternative investments funds (Private Equity, Secondaries, Private Debt, Real Estate). We act as an extension to more than 100 clients globally and execute more than 3,000 trades every month (>$330bn in hedging volume annually).
