Associate Director

The Private Markets Investment Risk team delivers comprehensive investment risk management, advisory, and oversight for Private Markets portfolios, including Infrastructure, Private Equity buyouts and Private Capital (e.g.,Growth Equity, Ventures, Life Sciences, Funds and Co-Investment strategies). The team also partners with Oxford Risk on portfolio analysis and real estate investments of significant scale.

As a trusted advisor, the Private Markets Investment Risk team partners closely with the Investment, Asset Management, Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Total Portfolio Management, Strategy, Legal & Compliance, and Finance teams, as well as the broader Risk function and the Chief Risk Officer (CRO). The Private Markets Investment Risk teamassesses and manages risks, integrating effective risk management practices to support informed investment decisions. The team’s constant objective is to foster a robust risk culture that promotes transparency, constructive challenge, and open dialogue.

Youwill work with and learn from a diverse team, collaborate with different groups across OMERS, and provide insights to decision-makers. If you are a self-starter with relevant experience and strong problem-solving skills, we encourage you to apply! 

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. Our hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 4 days per week.

This is a unique opportunity to join a lean team that offers you the ability to:

• Develop expertise in private markets investing, risk management and portfolio construction by working alongside seasoned investors and risk professionals within our world-class team investing in a global portfolio of diverse high-quality assets to deliver on our Pension Promise.

• Gain visibility and exposure to Executive and Risk Leadership, including the CRO, CIO and Investment Committees, through the development and presentation of insights during transaction and portfolio risk reviews, as well as active collaboration on strategic initiatives across the organization.

As a member of our team, you will be responsible for:

• Working closely with the Head of Private Markets Risk and investment teams during the screening/due diligence phase, you will ensure key risks are properly identified, well understood, and incorporated into the investment assumptions.

• Producingcomprehensive transaction risk review memosthat are submittedalongside the investment materialsto the InvestmentCommittees, synthesizing key findings andproviding an independent view onthe risk profile, material risks and portfolio implications on proposed transactions. 

• Ongoing monitoring of the performance and risk profile of existing investments to detect early warning signals; Review, recommendation, and assignment of risk ranks / ratingsfor watch listing purposes.

• Stay abreast of financial markets and portfolio developments to conduct periodic portfolio risk reviews that integrate market analysis, identify trends and emerging risks across portfolios, and distill complex insights into clear, impactful presentations tailored to diverse audiences, including investment teams, the CIO, CRO, executive leadership, and board committees

• Create top-down and bottoms-up financial models to stress test investments and forecast portfolio performance / sensitivities under different risk scenarios. 

• Cultivate strong relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders across Risk, Investment and Asset Management, Finance & Strategy, Legal & Compliance, and Total Portfolio Management on strategic initiatives

• Research, design and implement additional investment risk assessment methods, including scorecards—to enhance risk/return analysis, cost of capital evaluation, and help define common metrics to support consistent relative value assessment and aid capital allocation decisions across the portfolio.

• Continuously enhanceand develop investment risk and governance processes, including investment guidelines, frameworks, policies, and procedures.

• Provide subject matter expertise collaborating with risk analytics, total plan, capital markets and enterprise risk to ensure private markets risks are well understood, accurately modeled, reported and incorporated in OMERS appropriate governance and oversight processes. 

• Coaching, training and development of analysts and associates of the private market risks team.

To succeed in this role, you should have:

• 6to 12 years of experience in a high-performance role with measurable results.

• Investment Risk, investing or consulting / advisory experience in one or more private markets asset classes (PE, Infra, Real Estate or Private Credit) with a strong understanding of risk underwriting, financial statement analysis, valuation methodologies, performance metrics, benchmarks, transaction and fund structures, financial instruments (including hedging) and portfolio construction concepts.

• Understanding of key risk drivers—including FX, interest rates, credit spreads, liquidity, and broader market and financial risks.

• Excellent communication, data visualization and presentation skills with an ability to communicate quantitative and market concepts succinctly and complex information in a digestible format to senior audiences.

• Strong analytical, quantitative, organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities and timelines.

• Be intellectually curious, committed to staying current on market developments with strong workethic, high engagement, and initiative to lead projects from inception to completion.

• Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team and collaborate across a large organization with various stakeholders.

• Experience with data analysis and familiarity with statistical concepts.

• Highly skilled in Excel with proficiency in utilizing financial software and tools (e.g., Bloomberg and/or Capital IQ) for data sourcing and analysis. 

• A university degree in a quantitative field, such as business, finance, economics, or mathematics.

• A graduate degree, CFA, FRMand/or CAIA designation are a plus. 

• Equity research and/or corporatecredit analysis experience area plus.

• Knowledge of Power BI for creating insightful data visualizations and interactive financial dashboards and coding skills (Python, R, MatLab, etc.) is a plus.