Portfolio Performance & Risk Analyst / Subject Matter Expert

Excelsior Search - Capital Markets Fintech Recruitment & Executive Search. Americas - EMEA - APAC.; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Une entreprise fintech en pleine croissance propose une opportunité exceptionnelle en tant qu'expert en analyse des risques de portefeuille à Londres. Ce rôle client implique la résolution de problèmes analytiques en collaboration avec des institutions d'investissement, offrant de riches opportunités d'apprentissage et de développement de carrière dans un environnement flexible.

Qualifications

• Connaissances en analyse de portefeuille, risque fixe ou attribution de performance souhaitées.
• Ouvert à diverses expériences de carrière en tant qu'Analyste Risque, Analyste Performance ou Analyste Quantitatif.
• Capacité à présenter des informations complexes de manière claire et structurée.

Responsibilities

• Engager les clients pour optimiser l'utilisation de la plateforme d'analytics.
• Résoudre les problèmes analytiques et améliorer l'efficacité à l'aide des outils de risque.
• Assurer l'intégration des outils dans le processus d'investissement des clients.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Customer focus

Verbal communication

Written communication

Creative approach

Tools

Bloomberg PORT

UBS Delta

Yieldbook

MSCI

Barra

Riskmetrics

Qontigo

Axioma

Factset

Job description

Superb career opportunity as a subject matter expert for sophisticated portfolio risk analytics. Increase your analytical knowledge & experience, and diversify your day with a wider variety of responsibilities, challenges and more client interaction.

Our client is a global financial technology (fintech) provider of front & middle office solutions for Investment Banks, Asset Managers, Hedge Funds and Fund Adminstrators, looking for a portfolio risk analytics expert with a fixed income edge to join their growing multi-asset solutions team. Working with an award winning analytics platform, this is a client facing role engaging with customers to help them manage their portfolio performance & risk and increase their efficiency through effective use of the analytics platform.

In partnership with clients to support their use of the analytics platform, you'll ensure its integrated as best as possible into their investment process, solve analytical problems that arise and optimise their efficiency using the risk tools (i.e. risk reporting, VaR and tracking error analysis, return attribution, stress testing, portfolio hedging, construction and optimisation etc). Besides this being a varied client engagement role in an enterprising environment that will allow you to learn and increase your portfolio analytics expertise, it will also give you a lot of exposure to many investment institutions. There is ample opportunity for further learning and career growth in a variety of roles, depending on your personal interests.

Appropriate candidates will have the following experience and skills:

• Domain knowledge in portfolio analytics such as fixed income portfolio risk, performance attribution, pricing or a similar quantitative area. It would be even better if your fixed income experience included the use of derivatives i.e. credit & interest rate swaps etc (not a pre-requisite though as you'll have ample learning opportunity).
• Your portfolio analytics expertise, intelligence and personality are most important so our client is open to a variety of career experiences such as at an Asset Manager, Hedge Fund, Fund Administrator or Investment Bank in a Risk Analyst, Performance Analyst, Quant Analyst, Fixed Income Analyst, Portfolio Analyst or Fixed Income Trading type role, or at a technology company or consultancy.
• Experience using any of the following risk management solutions or similar would be an advantage: Bloomberg PORT / Point, UBS Delta, Yieldbook, MSCI / Barra / Riskmetrics, Qontigo / Axioma, Factset etc.
• A creative approach and ability to present complex information in a clear and structured way.
• Excellent data analysis and problem skills.
• Must be customer focused and comfortable in such an environment with excellent written and verbal communication, besides having a consultative problem solving approach.

Excellent career opportunity with well respected global company, offering the chance to develop your portfolio risk expertise in a varied role with lots of client engagement and problem solving.

Location: London (flexible working, hybrid or in office).

Remuneration: commensurate with experience.


Keywords: portfolio analysis, risk management, risk analyst, performance analyst, quant analyst, quantitative analyst, risk analysis, risk analytics, performance attribution, performance analyst, VaR, ex ante risk, derivative valuation, derivative pricing, fixed income, credit, derivatives, asset managers, buy side, asset management, fund management, hedge fund.