Quantitative Analyst Funds and FoF / Risk & Performance

coni+partner AG; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

coni + partner AG, a Zurich-based consultancy, seeks a Quantitative Analyst Funds and FoF / Risk & Performance to join the asset management client team. You will perform risk- and performance-driven analyses across fund investments, monitor risk positions, and prepare KPI-rich reports for internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements include a Master in Quantitative Finance, experience in asset management, and strong programming skills (SQL, VBA, Python) plus familiarity with Bloomberg,

Qualifications

• Master in Quantitative Finance.
• Experience in asset or portfolio management at a bank or fund manager.
• Experience in risk & performance calculation for multi-asset portfolios.
• Experience with ex-ante/ex-post risk analyses and VaR calculations.
• Familiarity with Bloomberg, Morningstar and RiskMetrics.
• Programming skills in SQL, VBA and Python for in-house tools.

Responsibilities

• Risk- and performance-oriented quantitative analysis for asset classes and funds.
• Develop high-quality risk estimates, recommendations, and reporting.
• Monitor risk positions in investment portfolios.
• Prepare reports with risk analytics and KPI for stakeholders.
• Refine methodologies to expand analysis and reporting capabilities.
• Optimize asset management strategies, products, processes and tools.
• Collaborate with portfolio managers and senior management.
• Provide regular reporting to the Head of Asset Management.
• Contribute to projects on infrastructure, tools and methods.

Skills

Risk analytics

Performance calculation

Python

SQL

VBA

Bloomberg

Morningstar

RiskMetrics

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Master in Quantitative Finance

Tools

Bloomberg

Morningstar

RiskMetrics

Python

SQL

VBA

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 of an international bank in Zurich. We are looking for a quantitative finance specialist (m, f, d) as a

Quantitative Analyst Funds and FoF / Risk & Performance

Aufgaben

• Risk- and performance-oriented quantitative analysis and calculations for a wide range of asset classes including fund investments in the field of the bank's asset management
• Foster in-depth risk analyses, estimates and recommendations based on high quality assessments
• Monitoring of risk positions in the investment portfolios
• Preparation of reports containing risk analytics and key performance indicators for internal and external stakeholders
• Refine methodologies to constantly expand the analysis and reporting capabilities
• Optimizing asset management strategies, products, processes and tools
• Work closely with other team members, portfolio managers and senior management
• Regular reporting to the Head of Asset Management
• Participation in projects focused on the continuous development of infrastructure, tools and methods

Qualifikation

• Master in Quantitative Finance
• Professional experience in asset or portfolio management at a bank or a major fund manager, or in fund auditing
• Experience in risk & performance calculation across equity, fixed income, multi-asset and fund portfolios, including private equity Investments
• Experience in ex-ante and ex-post risk analysis, including VaR calculations, factor exposures, concentration limits, liquidity risk, tracking error, etc.
• Experience with investment restriction set up and controlling
• Experience with Bloomberg, Morningstar, RiskMetrix, etc.
• Programming skills: SQL, VBA and Python, etc., for the further development of various in-house tools
• Strong analytical skills
• Team-oriented with process oriented thinking and problem solving mentality
• Ability to go into details and to communicate the results to internal stakeholders and investors.