Investment Performance Analysis - Assistant Manager

State Street; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive development opportunities

Flexible work-life support

Paid volunteer days

Job summary

State Street is seeking a Financial Performance Analyst in Bengaluru to drive performance attribution, data validation and reporting for institutional clients. You will reconcile portfolio performance, validate data across risk and analytics tools, and collaborate with PMs, operations and IT to resolve issues.

Strong communication and finance domain knowledge are essential. Ideal candidates have 6–8 years of experience, MBA in Finance and certifications (FRM/CFA).

Qualifications

• Post Graduate, preferably an MBA in Finance from a reputed institute.
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Responsibilities

• Performance analysis and attribution across factors including security selection and asset allocation.
• Reconcile and update portfolio/benchmark performance; validate discrepancies at transaction, position and pricing levels.
• Retrieve, validate and upload data from various source/vendor systems to performance applications.
• Validate completeness and accuracy of data in performance, risk, and analytics tools.
• Communicate with analysts, portfolio managers and users regarding performance calculations and auditing procedures.
• Supportive responsibilities: communicate with Global Performance Measurement and Risk, Operations, and IT to resolve data issues; validate new performance analytical reports.
• Maintain a best practice process workflow within the team and projects.
• Troubleshoot functional and quantitative issues to ensure high quality report production and escalate when needed.
• Collaborate across departments to centralize performance returns; strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills required.
• Be flexible with hours to coordinate with US-based colleagues for production and escalation needs.
• Remain calm during quarter-end and high-pressure periods; contribute to forums and ongoing process improvements.

Skills

Equities

Fixed Income

Derivatives

Investment Management

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

MS Office

Factset

Education

MBA in Finance

FRM/CFA

Tools

POINT

Yield Book

FactSet

Job description

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is one of the world's leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $33.99 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $2.81 trillion* in assets under management as of September 30, 2018, State Street operates in more than 100 geographic markets worldwide, including the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information, visit State Street’s website at www.statestreet.com.

• This figure is presented as of September 30, 2018 and includes approximately $28 billion of assets with respect to SPDR products for which State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (SSGA FD) acts solely as the marketing agent. SSGA FD and State Street Global Advisors are affiliated.

Key Responsibilities & Experience Range

• Performance analysis and Attribution (i.e. absolute and relative portfolio performance to factors including security selection, asset allocation, currency, etc.)
• Reconcile and update portfolio/benchmark performance and validate, identify, investigate and resolve security level discrepancies at the transaction, position, and pricing level in Global Performance Measurement and Risk applications.
• Retrieve, validate and upload data from various source/vendor systems and upload to the department’s applications.
• Validate completeness and accuracy of data in department’s performance, risk, and analytics tools.
• The analyst must have strong communication skills and must be able to answer questions from other performance analysts, operations associates, portfolio managers and other users regarding the details of performance calculation process and auditing procedures.

Supportive Responsibilities

• Effectively communicate with Global Performance Measurement and Risk, Operations, and IT staff to resolve data issues and elevate problems to the appropriate groups.
• Collaborate with team members to develop, create and validate new performance analytical reports.
• Responsible for maintaining & creating a “best practice” process workflow environment in the team & in the designated projects.
• Must be able to independently “troubleshoot” functional and quantitative issues to ensure high quality report production. Must also be able to determine when problems & issues should be elevated to immediate manager.
• Collaborate with multiple departments across the firm to achieve firm wide goal of performance return centralization.
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal, required.
• Must be prepared to work flexible hours, potentially alongside US based colleagues for production and other issues that Require immediate escalation and/or resolution.
• Ability to remain calm during stressful periods like quarter end and work well under pressure.
• Active participation in various forums of the organization and providing valuable inputs time to time.

Skills & Knowledge

• Qualification & Certifications
• Post Graduate, preferably an MBA in Finance from a reputed institute.
• FRM/CFA/Financial industry related certification is an added advantage.
• Experienced candidate with 6 - 8 year post-graduation experience in any financial firm.
• Experience in Performance Measurement will be an added advantage.

Primary Skills (Must Have)

• Good understanding of Equity, Fixed Income and Derivative instruments.
• Knowledge of Investment Management industry.
• Knowledge of security analysis and portfolio management, stock exchange markets, financial markets, dividends, trading and settlements is required.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Basic MS office skills.
• Exposure to POINT/Yield book/Factset is an added advantage.

About State Street

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