Junior Analyst

Leapfrog Recruitment Consultants; Daliburgh; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment consultancy is seeking a detail-oriented analyst in Daliburgh, Scotland. This role involves supporting investment performance and risk oversight through hands-on analysis of data and portfolios. Ideal candidates will possess strong analytical skills, proficiency in Excel, and have a genuine interest in investment markets. Responsibilities include internal reviews of portfolios, managing data, and liaising with stakeholders. Applicants should enjoy problem-solving and independent work, making a significant impact in governance and decision-making.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data.
• Detail-focused and organised with multiple tasks.
• Genuine interest in investment markets and portfolio management.

Responsibilities

• Undertake internal reviews of client investment portfolios against benchmarks.
• Support management of external service providers.
• Maintain and remediate portfolio-related data.
• Research counterparty credit ratings and investment risk.
• Download, analyse, and rework data from business intelligence systems.
• Liaise with internal teams and external parties regarding investment performance.
• Attend Fiduciary Investment Committee meetings.
• Identify trends, discrepancies, and gaps in portfolio data.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Expertise in Microsoft Excel

Detail-focused

Organised

Problem-solving

Job description

Our client is offering a role for a curious, detail-driven analyst keen to build experience in investment performance and risk oversight. This is a hands‑on analytical position, where your work directly supports governance, oversight, and informed decision‑making!

Duties for this role include, but are not limited to:

• Undertake internal reviews of client investment portfolios against benchmarks and peer groups.
• Support the management of external service providers through timely delivery of information and documentation.
• Maintain and remediate portfolio‑related data within core administration systems.
• Carry out research into counterparty credit ratings and investment risk.
• Download, analyse, and rework data from business intelligence systems for different stakeholder needs.
• Liaise with internal teams and external parties on matters relating to investment performance and risk.
• Attend Fiduciary Investment Committee meetings and prepare meeting minutes where required.
• Identify trends, discrepancies, outliers, and gaps within portfolio data and reporting.

Skills / Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and be highly comfortable working with data, particularly using Microsoft Excel. You will be detail-focused, organised, and confident managing multiple pieces of work simultaneously. This role suits someone with a genuine interest in investment markets and portfolio management, who enjoys problem‑solving, working independently, and developing insight from complex information.

For a full job description or further information on this role please call 711188, or email [e-mail].

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