Finance Specialist Risk & Performance UCITS/IAF

coni+partner AG; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

coni + partner ag, based in Zurich, seeks a Finance Specialist Risk & Performance UCITS/IAF to support portfolio performance measurement, attribution and risk reporting for an asset management division of an international bank.

You will collaborate with front office, client reporting and IT, apply UAT and controls, and drive improvements across processes, data and tools using VBA, Python and SQL.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance or Quantitative Finance.
• Professional experience in asset management, investment banking or consulting.
• Experience in risk and performance analysis of fund investments (e.g. CISA, UCITS, AIF).
• Programming skills (e.g. VBA / Python / SQL).
• Experience with data and market data systems such as Bloomberg, FactSet, MorningStar and Essentials, QA Direct.
• Experience with performance measurement and performance attribution; interest in controls and external service provider governance.

Responsibilities

• Calculation, validation and reporting of fund investment portfolio performance measurement, attribution and risks.
• Portfolio configuration analysis, aggregated portfolios, benchmark data sourcing and benchmark management.
• Support client reporting teams with relevant performance metrics.
• Execute critical performance projects with client reporting and project management teams in Private Banking Operations & IT.
• Problem-solving, change management, UAT support, documentation and application of controls.
• Collaborate with process and IT platform enablers, front office clients, internal audit and external data vendors.
• Contribute to optimization of the department, tools, systems, processes.

Skills

VBA/Python/SQL

Bloomberg/FactSet/MorningStar

Performance measurement

Process & IT awareness

Team collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Finance or Quantitative Finance

Tools

Bloomberg

FactSet

MorningStar

Essentials

QA Direct

Job description

coni + partner, established 1993, is a consultancy company with headquarter in Zurich and subsidiaries in Düsseldorf and Shanghai. We are specialised in custom-fit staffing in tune with the corporate culture by ensuring a perfect match of professional skills, references and personal as well as social skills of successful candidates.

Our client is the asset management division of an international bank in Zurich. We are looking for a quantitative analyst (m, f, d) to serve as a

Finance Specialist Risk & Performance UCITS/IAF

Your Tasks:

• Responsible for the calculation, validation and reporting of fund investment portfolio performance measurement, attribution and risks
• Responsible for portfolio configuration analysis, aggregated portfolios, benchmark data sourcing and benchmark management
• Support client reporting teams across the group with relevant performance metrics
• Responsible for executing critical performance related projects with client reporting and project management teams in Private Banking Operations & IT
• Responsible for problem-solving, change management, user acceptance test (UAT) support, documentation and application of controls
• Responsible for working with process and IT platform enablers, front office clients such as portfolio managers, front desks and business management teams, internal audit as well as external data vendors and service providers
• Contribute to the optimization of the department, its tools, systems, platforms and processes.

Your Profile:

• Master's degree Finance or Quantitative Finance
• Professional experience in asset management, investment banking or consulting
• Experience in the risk and performance analysis of fund investments (e.g. CISA, UCITS, AIF)
• Programming skills (e.g. VBA / Python / SQL)
• Experience with e.g. Bloomberg, FactSet, MorningStar and Essentials, QA Direct
• Professional experience with performance measurement and performance attribution, but also generalist interest in other tasks such as internal controls or controlling of external service providers
• Knowledge of the life cycle of processes
• Knowledge of process flows, process flow charts and governance in operations
• Independent, analytical team player and practical problem solver
• Eye for efficiency and effectiveness even under time pressure
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Self-motivated, team-minded and goal oriented
• High affinity for IT and systems.

Your Contact:

For additional information please call Mr. Ivano Coni [phone].

coni + partner ag

Ivano Coni

Managing Director

Klosbachstrasse 107

CH-8032 Zürich

contact (at) coni-partner.com