Senior Municipal Bond Portfolio Strategist

Northern Trust Corp; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 137,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Discretionary bonus program

401k and pension

Job summary

Northern Trust seeks an experienced investment professional to manage municipal bond portfolios for fiduciary and institutional clients. You will align investment decisions with client objectives, risk tolerance, and tax considerations, using disciplined portfolio construction and advanced analytics to drive performance.

This role requires in-depth municipal fixed-income expertise, five-plus years of portfolio management and trading, and proficiency with portfolio-management systems.

Qualifications

• Ten years of investment-management and financial-markets experience, including five years in portfolio management and trading.
• Five years municipal fixed-income experience with hands-on portfolio management and trading.
• Knowledge of portfolio-management theory, statistics, and quantitative methods in finance.
• Proficiency with portfolio-management systems and investment analytics; able to interpret data and generate clear reports.
• Knowledge of fiduciary responsibilities and regulatory requirements governing investment decisions.
• Ability to explain portfolio decisions, risks, and performance to clients.

Responsibilities

• Municipal portfolio management for fiduciary and agency accounts, high-net-worth individuals, pensions, and funds.
• Portfolio construction and trading with security selection, sector allocation, duration, and yield-curve positioning.

Skills

Municipal fixed-income

Portfolio management

Trading

Risk analysis

Investment analytics

Client communication

Regulatory knowledge

Aladdin knowledge

Job description

Northern Trust seeks an experienced investment professional to manage municipal bond portfolios for fiduciary and institutional clients. You will align investment decisions with client objectives, risk tolerance, and tax considerations, using disciplined portfolio construction and advanced analytics to drive performance.

This role requires in-depth municipal fixed-income expertise, five-plus years of portfolio management and trading, and proficiency with portfolio-management systems.