Full-Time
Senior Risk Analyst
Updated on 8/23/2026
William Blair
1,001-5,000 employees
Investment banking, research, brokerage, asset management
Compensation Overview
$100k - $115k/yr
Chicago, IL, USA
Hybrid
Hybrid role; the posting does not specify the required number of days on-site.
Bachelor's
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- A Bachelor's Degree is required.
- Two to five years of financial services industry and risk management experience is required, preferably in a risk, audit, or compliance role.
- Knowledge of enterprise risk principles and methodologies is required.
- Knowledge of applicable regulations is required.
- Ability to develop cross-functional relationships to achieve project objectives is required.
- Project management and prioritization skills are required.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are required.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.
- Identify and analyze potential operational, financial, legal, and regulatory risks that threaten the assets, earning capacity, or success of the firm.
- Forecast risk-related costs and develop and analyze alternatives for risk mitigation.
- Apply enterprise risk management principles and methodologies to help business partners establish lines of defense and monitor their effectiveness.
- Recommend solutions to address potential risk changes and future trends.
- Assist in educating employees on risk awareness and the firm's enterprise risk management framework.
- Develop and maintain an understanding of assigned business areas, including current processes, systems, initiatives, market environment, business strategies, and challenges.
- Identify and analyze specific operational, financial, legal, and regulatory risks affecting assigned business areas.
- Categorize and assess risk severity within a defined framework and identify potential risk impact and costs to the firm.
- Use enterprise risk management principles and methodologies to perform quantitative analysis, including risk grading, financial risk analysis, and rate-of-failure analysis.
- Collaborate with business partners to recommend solutions that reduce or control risk.
- Develop reports and presentations outlining findings, recommendations for risk mitigation opportunities, and associated costs.
- Provide risk management guidance to business areas considering changes to their organization, operations, or systems.
- Educate business areas on operational, legal, regulatory, and financial risks.
- Identify and assess changes in government legislation and advise on compliance.
- Continuously update assigned components of the enterprise risk portfolio and monitor progress on risk mitigation efforts.
- Develop contingency plans for emergencies, including business continuity, emergency response, and crisis communication.
- Ensure all work activities comply with applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Perform additional responsibilities as requested.
- Experience in a risk, audit, or compliance role is preferred.
William Blair is a privately held, employee-owned financial services firm offering investment banking, equity research, brokerage, asset management, and private capital services. It combines advisory, research, trading, asset management, and private capital solutions to help clients raise, invest, and manage capital. Being privately held and employee-owned can influence client relationships and decision-making, and the firm provides multiple services under one roof as a single partner for diverse needs. Its goal is to help clients grow and protect capital through comprehensive financial services across advisory, research, trading, asset management, and private capital solutions.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$409M
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
1935
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- July 2026 Global Leaders Select launched with $225 million seed capital and Chandan Khanna.
- February 2026 brought three managing director hires in chemicals, energy, and ECM.
- July 2026 closed Inner Circle Sports, adding 16 bankers and deeper sports coverage.
What critics are saying
- The SEC censured William Blair in September 2023 and imposed a $10 million penalty.
- Inner Circle Sports integration from July 2026 adds execution risk and distraction in 2026.
- If 2026 fundraising slows, William Blair's concentrated active strategies face fee pressure from cheaper ETFs.
What makes William Blair unique
- 100% active-employee-owned, aligning bankers and managers around long-term client retention and culture.
- William Blair spans banking, research, asset management, brokerage, and private capital across 30-plus offices.
- Its active investing platform manages $65.0 billion, giving research and distribution real scale.
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Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Fertility Treatment Support
Family Planning Benefits
Paid Vacation
Wellness Program
Mental Health Support
Conference Attendance Budget
Professional Development Budget
Stock Options
Hybrid Work Options
Remote Work Options
Paid Holidays
PTO/vacation
Company News
William Blair Investment Management has launched its fourth SICAV fund in Taiwan, expanding beyond US equities and hard-currency debt. The new William Blair Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency SICAV Fund focuses on local currencies and interest rates across emerging economies. The emerging markets debt team manages approximately $1.2 billion as of June 2026. The actively managed strategy combines macroeconomic analysis with country and security selection, without benchmark constraints. William Blair sees attractive opportunities in local-currency emerging markets debt due to stronger policy frameworks, attractive real interest rates, and favourable growth prospects in many emerging economies. The fund is managed by Marcelo Assalin and Lewis Jones. The launch follows William Blair's recognition as Best Emerging Markets Local Currency Fixed Income Manager at the 2025 Citywire Asia Asset Management Awards, reinforcing the firm's expansion in Asian markets.
William Blair IM launches Global Leaders Select strategy. William Blair Investment Management has appointed Chandan Khanna as co-portfolio manager. 23 July 2026 William Blair Investment Management (IM) has announced the launch of the Global Leaders Select strategy, with the appointment of Chandan Khanna as co-portfolio manager alongside Hugo Scott-Gall, head of William Blair's global equity team. The Global Leaders Select strategy is a concentrated portfolio of 25-35 leading global companies which combine quality and growth characteristics. The strategy is benchmark-agnostic and aims to deliver strong long-term returns for investors through conviction, concentration, and compounding. While Global Leaders Select is a newly launched strategy, Khanna has a five-year track record of delivering strong performance with a similar approach, according to a statement by William Blair IM. Khanna (pictured) has more than 15 years of experience as a public equity investor. Most recently, he was senior partner and portfolio manager at Eighteen48 Partners, managing the Sixteen02 Global Equity Fund. Prior to this, he was the lead global equity portfolio manager at Rezayat Investments and held roles at Capital Group and Morgan Stanley, having started his career at KPMG. Global Leaders Select is part of William Blair's Leaders platform, a series of actively managed equity portfolios focused on high-quality companies with strong competitive advantages, pricing power, and earnings growth. This includes William Blair's Emerging Market Leaders, International Leaders and Global Leaders strategies. William Blair Investment Management's Global Leaders Select strategy has been seeded with $225 million in a separately managed account. Khanna will work alongside Hugo Scott-Gall and William Blair's global equity team to manage the strategy. Khanna commented: "William Blair has a long history of combining deep fundamental research with a forward-looking, global mindset aligning with this strategy's focus on identifying best-in-class or emerging best-in-class companies which offer attractive growth and underappreciated earnings power. I look forward to continuing delivering for the firm's clients." MORE ARTICLES ON
William blair IM hires chandan khanna to manage global leaders select strategy. Alongside hugo scott-gall. William Blair Investment Management has appointed Chandan Khanna as co-portfolio manager of its newly launched Global Leaders Select strategy. To continue reading this article... Join investment week today. Free for those involved in advising, managing and/or analysing investments or £1 per day for professionals outside of these roles.
William Blair Investment Management has launched its Global Leaders Select Strategy, appointing Chandan Khanna as co-portfolio manager alongside Hugo Scott-Gall. The strategy has been seeded with $225 million in a separately managed account. The concentrated portfolio will hold 25-35 leading global companies combining quality and growth characteristics. It aims to deliver long-term returns through a benchmark-agnostic approach. Khanna brings over 15 years of public equity investing experience and a five-year track record with this investment approach, which he has applied since 2021. He most recently served as senior partner and portfolio manager at Eighteen48 Partners. The strategy is part of William Blair's Leaders platform, which includes emerging market leaders, international leaders, and global leaders strategies.
William Blair has cut its revenue and EBITDA estimates for Coinbase by significant margins, predicting trading volumes will fall 44% to $669 billion in 2026. Despite this, the investment firm maintains its outperform rating and suggests the crypto market may be nearing a bottom. Coinbase shares have dropped from an all-time high of $445 on 17 July 2025 to $157 as of 17 July 2026. The exchange reported revenue of $1.4 billion in Q1 2026, down 31% year-over-year, with a net loss of $394 million compared to net income of $66 million the previous year. William Blair expects trading volumes to rebound 32% in 2027, citing Bitcoin price stabilisation and factors like Bitcoin ETFs and institutional adoption. Coinbase has diversified beyond transaction fees into tokenised real-world assets, prediction markets, and retail derivatives.