Associate Portfolio Manager (Equity)

Dimensional Fund Advisors; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Educational initiatives

Special celebrations of history and culture

Job summary

Dimensional Fund Advisors in Charlotte, North Carolina is seeking an Associate Portfolio Manager responsible for managing portfolios and implementing investment strategies. The role involves trading, client communication, and collaborating with teams to enhance performance.

Candidates should have a strong background in finance and financial theory, excellent quantitative skills, and the ability to manage multiple responsibilities effectively.

Dimensional offers comprehensive benefits and supports career growth.

Qualifications

• Strong philosophical alignment with Dimensional’s investment strategy.
• Experience in financial markets via asset management, broker-dealers, or financial institutions.
• Understanding of competitive landscape in equity ETFs and mutual funds.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of portfolios, including trading foreign currency.
• Monitor portfolio characteristics and maintain portfolio structure.
• Identify buy and sell candidates systematically.

Skills

Quantitative problem-solving

Analytic skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Time-management skills

Attention to detail

Education

Background in finance and financial theory

Job description

Portfolio Management is responsible for the daily oversight and management of Dimensional’s portfolios and implements our investment philosophy across all our investment solutions. Portfolio Management interacts and collaborates closely with several departments including Trading, Research, Technology, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and the Global Client Group to ensure a superior investment experience for our clients. The Portfolio Management team ensures that Dimensional’s portfolios deliver consistent and efficient exposure to the dimensions of higher expected returns, as identified by the greatest minds in modern financial economics. Our portfolio managers achieve this exposure by implementing a daily and systematic portfolio management process. In addition to overseeing and enhancing this process, portfolio managers also interact with current and prospective clients. As an Associate Portfolio Manager, you will cover all aspects of managing portfolios, and will also be responsible for discussing our investment thesis and portfolios to a wide range of clients.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of managing portfolios, including trading foreign currency, issuing buy and sell instructions, electing on corporate actions, and evaluating the eligibility of securities.
• Monitor portfolio characteristics and maintain portfolio structure following the process-driven approach of the firm.
• Identify buy and sell candidates in a systematic manner and partner with trading teams globally to implement those decisions.
• Provide verbal and written explanations of portfolios, performance, process, and other investment related issues internally and to both existing and prospective clients.
• Participate in the ongoing development of thought leadership by challenging current thinking and searching out new opportunities to deploy the investment philosophy.
• Work with the Sales, Marketing, Consultant and Client Services teams to effectively respond to clients’ investment needs.
• Project work focused on making the investment process as efficient as possible and improving where and how we can invest.

Requirements

• Strong philosophical alignment with Dimensional’s investment strategy
• Background in finance and financial theory
• Experience in financial markets via asset management, broker-dealers, or financial institutions
• Understanding of competitive landscape in equity ETFs and mutual funds
• Excellent quantitative problem-solving and analytic skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• High attention to detail, project management experience a plus
• Strong time-management skills

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Dimensional offers a variety of programs to help take care of you, your family, and your career, including comprehensive benefits, educational initiatives, and special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth.

It is the policy of the Company to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. The Company recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, religious practice, creed, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), caregiver status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender identity, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, familial status, domestic partnership status, military or veteran status or service, unemployment status, citizenship status or alienage, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, status as a victim of stalking, status as a victim of sex offenses, genetic information, political activities or recreational activities, arrest or conviction record, salary history, natural hairstyle or any other status protected by applicable law except as otherwise required or permitted by law or regulation applicable to the Company or its affiliates.