Investment Analyst Junior/Senior

Selby Jennings; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial firm is seeking a Senior Hedge Fund/Manager Research Analyst in London. The role involves investment due diligence on alternative UCITS managers and hedge funds, focusing on liquid strategies. Candidates should have 5-7 years of experience, a capital markets background, and strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum investment 5-7 year related experience.
• Competent capital markets background - familiarity with fixed income and derivative markets.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.

Responsibilities

• Investment due diligence on alternative UCITS managers, offshore hedge funds, and private markets.
• Monitoring of managers; sourcing managers; single security analysis.
• Documentation and report writing; assist Sales team with client requests.

Skills

Investment due diligence

Capital markets experience

Quantitative analysis

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Education

Degree level education

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

Senior Hedge Fund/Manager Research Analyst (London)

Key responsibilities and requirements:

• Investment due diligence on alternative UCITS managers, offshore hedge funds and private markets.
• Generalist strategy coverage, with a focus on the main liquid strategies and optimal to have strong capital markets experience, including derivatives and quantitative strategies.
• Ideal to have multi-asset experience and be able to evaluate single stock, and other market securities for multi-asset portfolios.
• Day to Day tasks: Hedge Fund and a wide range of manager research - monitoring of managers; sourcing managers; single security analysis; documentation and report writing; assist Sales team with client requests.
• Some travel required

Key Skills and Experience:

• Minimum investment 5-7 year related experience
• Competent capital markets background - familiarity with fixed income and derivative markets
• Technical competency to perform quantitative analysis on managers
• A self-starter who has a 'can-do' attitude, can quickly analyse internal and external requirements and focus on managing often challenging delivery expectations
• Superior attention to detail
• A strong effective communicator who is able to develop and maintain relationships with the senior management team and internal teams
• Effective writing skills
• A proactive and flexible team player with effective interpersonal skills
• An independent thinker with a high level of integrity
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with a proven ability to prioritise effectively
• The ability to remain level headed when managing multiple tasks to often tight deadlines
• Proficiency in Microsoft office programs with Word (intermediate), Excel (intermediate) and Outlook as a pre-requisite
• Degree level education

For further information about this position please apply.