These roles are with an investment manager's NYC-based Multi-Asset team delivering investment solutions to clients using Mutual Funds/ETFs/open architecture, covering equity/fixed income/alternative asset classes.
They are primarily remote, but with the expectation of coming into the NYC office 1-2 days per week or bi-weekly, depending on team needs.
Total compensation for these roles will start in the $160-200k+ range, with flexibility for the senior role based on experience level.
1) Associate Portfolio Manager | NYC
Responsibilities:
Contribute investment ideas/insights/recommendations on market related topics during strategy discussions/portfolio management meetings
Provide innovative global macro research across multiple asset classes with emphasis on equities
Develop new tools for portfolio management/investment opportunity identification
Participate in daily portfolio management/construction and risk management process; use quantitative methods to manage/analyze data sets and generate insights
Articulate specifics of investment process/thinking to other departments in a logical/consistent manner
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree; Master's degree and/or CFA preferred
5+ years’ direct experience in asset management/capital markets research at a hedge fund or sell side trading desk
Strong technical skills; background in macroeconomics/capital markets/statistics/econometrics, or other relevant technical discipline
Experience in portfolio construction/risk management preferred
Strong understanding of financial markets and drivers of returns across major asset classes; ability to create unique investment research, synthesize insights, and generate investment views; excellent written/verbal communication skills; experience writing about markets/investment-related topics; ability to create culture of collaboration and proactively seek/embrace opportunities to work across departments/teams
Experience with scripting languages (Python) or willingness to learn
2) Junior Portfolio Manager | NYC
Responsibilities:
Manage day-to-day portfolio management/construction and risk management processes; strategy implementation from systems/execution/strategy to client reporting
Contribute investment ideas/insights/recommendations on market related topics during strategy discussions/meetings
Develop new tools for portfolio management/investment opportunity identification/performance and attribution tracking; create process efficiencies
Use quantitative methods, applied statistics, financial engineering, and machine learning/AI to build/manage portfolio optimization tools/frameworks, manage data sets, and generate insights
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree; Master's degree preferred but not required; CFA or progress toward completion preferred
2+ years investment related experience including deriving actionable insights from complex or ambiguous data
Experience working with relational databases (SQL Server/Postgres/Oracle), scripting languages (Python) to automate processes/integrate systems, and visualization/BI tools (Tableau/QlikView/Power BI) is a plus
Strong understanding of risk factors that drive investment performance; demonstrated ability to work independently/as part of team; strong ability to communicate complex ideas effectively using data visualization, in-person/virtual presentations, and written/verbal communications)