Associate - Product, Economics, and Modelling - Toronto, Canada - RiskThinking

RiskThinking

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

About riskthinking.
AI
riskthinking.
AI Inc. ("RTAI") is a visionary risk management company. We deliver the data, algorithms, and analytics needed to measure and manage financial risk resulting from climate change. Our firm is led by Dr. Ron Dembo, who previously founded and served as CEO of Algorithmics Inc. Prior to its sale to Fitch Ratings Inc. and later IBM Corp., Algorithmics was the largest enterprise risk management company in the world. Dr.

Dembo has taken his patented multi-factor scenario modeling expertise and combined it with a team of cutting-edge climate scientists, data scientists, and computer science experts to create a method for measuring climate risk that is rooted in first principles of financial risk management.

Position Overview
RTAI is seeking to hire a talented individual as an Associate on its Product Team.

This individual will play a critical role in bridging complex client needs with RTAI capabilities and executing large scale product development and implementation projects.

Position Responsibilities

Support research and development projects to push the boundaries of climate financial risk measurement
Help to evolve climate financial risk solutions developed by RTAI researchers in a 'sandbox' to industrial scale software products
Execute project management of largescale engagements; help to establish welldefined scopes of work and timelines, facilitate client communications, and lead RTAI in delivering top quality product within project timelines
Research global financial services institutions, including their products, services, workflow, regulatory environment, and operations
Help to grow RTAI product by progressing the methodology and executing on opportunities to enhance our data through client partnerships
Define the product delivery mechanism (e.g., programmatic API, GUI, etc.), pricing, and go to market strategy
Develop expertise in climate science, financial engineering, and risk management

Requirements:

Technical Requirements

Minimum of 2 years of experience at a management consulting firm or financial services institution
Expertise in quantitative analysis using tools such as Python or R
Excellent research skills
Excellent project management skills; enthusiastic about working on multiple fast paced projects at the same time
General knowledge of finance and economics
Minimum of Bachelor's Degree from an academically rigorous program

Additional Requirements

Intellectually curious and always seeking to learn
Team oriented; enthusiastic about receiving help and helping others
Creative thinker that is also very analytical and detail oriented; capable of driving a concept from ideation to development and implementation
Strong sense of ethics, inside and outside the workplace
Passionate about solving global issues

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