Investment Performance Analytics, Associate 2

About the Role

The Investment Performance Analysts are responsible for facilitating on-time, on-budget delivery of initiatives that realize business outcomes. The candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day Global Delivery Operations for the investment analytics business functions. This team will report into the Head of Investment Analytics (IA). The candidate will collaborate with delivery, product, and the global technology services team to ensure the core pillars of the program are fully adopted and operational requirements are clear and delivered.

Key Responsibilities

• Performance analysis and Attribution (i.e. absolute and relative portfolio performance to factors including security selection, asset allocation, currency, etc.)
• Reconcile and update portfolio/benchmark performance and validate, identify, investigate and resolve security level discrepancies at the transaction, position, and pricing level in Global Performance Measurement and Risk applications.
• Retrieve, validate, and upload data from various source/vendor systems and upload to the department’s applications.
• Validate completeness and accuracy of data in department’s performance, risk, and analytics tools.
• Effectively communicate with Global Performance Measurement and Risk, Operations, and IT staff to resolve data issues and escalate problems.
• Collaborate with team members to develop, create, and validate new performance analytical reports.
• Troubleshoot functional and quantitative issues to ensure high-quality report production. Determine when problems & issues should be elevated to the immediate manager.
• Collaborate with multiple departments across the firm to achieve firm-wide goal of performance return centralization.
• Participate in various forums of the organization and provide valuable inputs.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Good understanding of Equity, Fixed Income and Derivative instruments.
• Knowledge of security analysis and portfolio management, stock exchange markets, financial markets, dividends, trading and settlements is required.
• Basic MS Office skills.
• Ability to remain calm during stressful periods like quarter end and work well under pressure.
• Prepared to work flexible hours, potentially alongside US-based colleagues for production and other issues requiring immediate escalation and/or resolution.

Qualifications

• Graduate, preferably an MBA in Finance.
• Strong communication skills and ability to answer questions from other performance analysts, operations associates, portfolio managers, and other users regarding the details of the performance calculation process and auditing procedures.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot functional and quantitative issues.
• Team player and ability to multitask.
• Proven ability to work accurately and independently.
• Proven ability to prioritize work to meet/exceed deadlines.