
A career in risk management is focused on evaluating the models used and the exposures generated at a fund or investment bank - often the huge portfolios of a bank's mortgage or trading groups - and determining how best to assess and, to the extent desired, hedge those risks.
Sample Companies
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bank of New York Mellon
Barclays Capital
Blackrock Financial
BNP Paribas
Citadel Investment Group
Citibank
Citicorp
Credit Suisse
D E Shaw
Deutsche Bank
Freddie Mac
Goldman Sachs
J P Morgan
Morgan Stanley
TIAA- CREF
UBS
Sample Job Titles
Analyst, Operational Risk & Capital
Associate, Risk Management
Director, Corporate Risk Management
Quantitative Risk Analyst
Risk Analyst
Risk Architecture Team
Senior Asset and Liability Manager