Associate – Asset Allocation​/Hedge Funds - Family Office

We are working with a Dubai‑based single family office to appoint an Associate into its investment team. The position is aimed at a investment professional with strong hedge fund and risk‑management exposure, alongside robust analytical training.

• Private family office in Dubai overseeing a diversified global portfolio with a meaningful allocation to hedge funds and alternative strategies.
• Investment philosophy centred on capital preservation, steady compounding, and disciplined risk control.
• Compact, entrepreneurial set‑up with direct day‑to‑day interaction with the Chief Investment Officer and principals.

• Associate‑level role supporting the CIO across portfolio risk, hedge fund manager selection, and ongoing monitoring.
• Combination of top‑down portfolio work (asset allocation, risk budgeting) and bottom‑up manager analysis, with a strong emphasis on hedge fund strategies.
• Opportunity to help further institutionalise investment and risk processes in a growing family office environment.

• Assist in shaping and implementing the overall portfolio and risk framework, including analysis of volatility, drawdowns, liquidity and correlation across hedge funds and other asset classes.
• Perform in‑depth quantitative and qualitative assessments of hedge fund and alternative managers, covering performance drivers, risk factors, style drift, and downside protection.
• Build and maintain tools and dashboards to track portfolio‑level risk, factor exposures, scenario and stress tests, and concentration metrics, highlighting issues to the CIO on a timely basis.
• Produce clear, concise investment and risk reports for internal discussions with the CIO and family members, summarising key findings and recommendations.
• Support due diligence on new hedge fund allocations and periodic reviews of existing managers, including meetings, reference work and documentation.
• Contribute to broader portfolio projects such as rebalancing, hedging considerations, new strategy evaluation and optimisation of the overall risk/return profile.

• Approximately 2–5 years of experience in a hedge fund, fund‑of‑funds, multi‑asset or alternatives platform, asset manager, or similar institutional investor with strong exposure to risk and manager analysis.
• Track record of working with hedge fund products (e.g., long/short equity, credit, macro, relative value or multi‑strategy) and understanding of typical fee, liquidity and governance structures.
• Strong analytical and technical foundation, including financial modelling, portfolio analytics and comfort working with data‑heavy tasks.
• Excellent academic background in finance, economics, accounting or a related quantitative field.
• International experience or exposure to multiple markets is highly regarded.

• High proficiency in Excel and presentation tools; experience with portfolio or risk systems is advantageous.
• Structured, detail‑oriented and numerate, able to turn complex data and analysis into clear, actionable insights.
• Confident communicator, comfortable interacting with senior investment professionals and external managers.
• Discreet and trustworthy, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability appropriate for a family office setting.
• Proactive, collaborative and adaptable, willing to be hands‑on across a broad set of responsibilities in a lean team.