Portfolio Implementator

ING Belgium NV/SA; Brussel; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ING Private Banking & Wealth Management seeks a Portfolio Implementator to translate the Investment Office strategy into individual client portfolios. You will construct and manage discretionary portfolios, monitor performance, rebalance as needed and ensure alignment with client mandates and risk limits.

You will collaborate with Portfolio Managers, Risk, Compliance and Operations to maintain consistency with ING’s framework and drive scalable portfolio management outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of financial markets and multi-asset portfolios.
• Ability to translate strategy into client portfolios with personalisation.
• Experience with performance attribution and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Construct and manage discretionary portfolios per client mandate.
• Monitor and rebalance portfolios, manage liquidity and risk.
• Collaborate with Investment Office and Portfolio Managers.

Skills

Discretionary PM

Portfolio construction

Investment strategy

Risk management

Tools

Portfolio systems

Job description

Portfolio Implementator ING Private Banking & Wealth Management

A day in the life of a Portfolio Implementator. You construct and manage discretionary portfolios by translating the Investment Office strategy, model portfolios and instrument selection into individual client portfolios. You apply the defined level of personalisation within each client’s mandate, risk profile and investment restrictions, while maintaining consistency with ING’s investment strategy and portfolio-management framework. You monitor and rebalance portfolios, including asset-allocation deviations, cash positions, liquidity needs and mandate-specific constraints. You coordinate the timely and accurate implementation of investment decisions with the Investment Office, client-facing Portfolio Managers, Risk, Compliance and Operations. You analyse portfolio performance and performance attribution. You translate the results into a clear and personalised narrative for Portfolio Managers, explaining the main performance drivers in the context of each client’s portfolio, strategy and specific positioning. You contribute to improving the tools, data, processes and controls supporting consistent, efficient and scalable discretionary portfolio management.

How to succeed

We hire people for their potential and expect them to remain curious, keep learning and take ownership. In return, we support their continued professional development.

• Have a strong understanding of financial markets, multi-asset portfolio construction, asset allocation and discretionary portfolio management.
• Combine investment judgement with a disciplined and accurate approach to portfolio implementation, investment restrictions, risk limits and controls.
• Can analyse portfolio performance and attribution and explain complex investment outcomes in a concise, portfolio-specific and accessible manner.
• Work confidently with portfolio-management systems and data and actively contribute to improving their quality, reliability and scalability.
• Collaborate effectively with investment specialists, Portfolio Managers and operational and control functions.
• Take ownership, identify deviations or implementation risks and address or elevate them appropriately.

As a Portfolio Implementor, you will have the opportunity to:

• Contribute to the development of ING’s future discretionary portfolio-management model.
• Work across different investment strategies, risk profiles and levels of defined personalisation.
• Develop recognised expertise in portfolio construction, investment implementation and performance attribution.
• Help shape the tools, standards and processes that make discretionary portfolio management more consistent, controlled and scalable.
• Work closely with experienced colleagues across Portfolio Management, the Investment Office and other specialist functions.

The team

You will join the broader Portfolio Management team within ING Private Banking & Wealth Management. The team is responsible for delivering ING’s investment proposition through discretionary and advisory portfolio management. In this role, you will work closely with the Investment Office, client-facing Portfolio Managers, Trading, Risk, Compliance and Operations. Your focus will be on portfolio construction, disciplined investment implementation, performance analysis and narrative and the continuous improvement of the supporting portfolio-management framework.

We’re a global bank with a strong European base, and our more than 60,000 colleagues serve around 38 million customers and corporate clients in over 40 countries.

Joining ING means working with friendly and collaborative people towards making a positive impact on people and planet. We believe in empowering the people around us and our customers to stay a step ahead. Working here means having the autonomy to drive progress, helping to create superior customer value and contributing to our ambition of putting sustainability at the heart of everything we do. Here, we’re more than just a workplace – we’re a community of innovators, problem-solvers, and forward-thinkers, dedicated to making a real impact. Whether you’re just starting your career or seeking the next big challenge, we have opportunities that will inspire and push you to grow.