Investment Performance Analytics, Associate 2

Overview

Investment Performance Analyst (Associate 2) responsible for day-to-day global delivery operations for the investment analytics business functions, reporting to the Head of Investment Analytics.

What you'll do

• Perform performance analysis and attribution, including absolute and relative portfolio performance against factors such as security selection, asset allocation and currency.
• Reconcile and update portfolio and benchmark performance; validate, 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 and vendor systems into the department's applications.
• Validate completeness and accuracy of data in the department's performance, risk and analytics tools.
• Answer questions from performance analysts, operations associates, portfolio managers and other users on performance calculation processes and auditing procedures.
• Communicate with Global Performance Measurement and Risk, Operations and IT staff to resolve data issues and escalate problems to the appropriate groups.
• Collaborate with team members to develop, create and validate new performance analytical reports.
• Independently troubleshoot functional and quantitative issues to ensure high-quality report production, and determine when issues should be elevated to the immediate manager.
• Collaborate with multiple departments across the firm to achieve the firm-wide goal of performance return centralization.
• Work flexible hours, potentially alongside US-based colleagues, for production and other issues requiring immediate escalation or resolution.
• Remain calm and work well under pressure during stressful periods such as quarter end.
• Actively participate in various organizational forums and provide valuable input from time to time.

What you'll need

• Graduate degree.
• Good understanding of equity, fixed income and derivative instruments.
• Knowledge of security analysis and portfolio management, stock exchange markets, financial markets, dividends, trading and settlements.
• Basic MS Office skills.
• Strong communication skills.

Nice to have

• MBA in Finance (preferred).
• Team player with the ability to multitask.
• Proven ability to work accurately and independently.
• Proven ability to prioritize work to meet or exceed deadlines.
• Good communication skills.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Flexible hours, potentially overlapping with US-based colleagues.