Analyst, Investments Job Description
Analyst, investments
provides investment management, fiduciary expertise and strategic leadership for business, products, and policies to Investment professionals within the assigned portfolio / jurisdiction.
Analyst, Investments Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Support the PM team with all aspects of portfolio management, implementation, portfolio rebalances, transition events and daily monitoring of investment portfolios
Liaise with Operations and Custodian Banks with regard to cash and position reconciliation account set up
Working with both local portfolio managers and TBSM partners to provide transparency as it relates to profitability, re-investments, spreads achieved on the various investment portfolios managed within the Enterprise Investments team
Quantifying performance of the sub-portfolios managed on an absolute and relative value basis
Partner with the segment investment management teams to provide value added advice and analysis in an effort to deliver on TBSM and Business Segment mandates
Consult with and transfer knowledge to/from key groups across TBSM related to the Enterprise Investment Portfolio in an effort to ensure transparency of drivers of portfolio performance trends, over time, vs
Create and present business specific-reporting packages tailored to the needs of TBSM and Business Segment management teams
Support the preparation and analysis of Enterprise Investment Portfolio volume, spread, margin and income forecasting along with associated balance sheet metrics to deliver on various internal and external reporting requirements
Partner with TBSM colleagues (Toronto, US, TDNV) Finance teams to provide value added advice and analysis
Analyzing the investment merits and risks of nontraditional investments, including but not limited to hedge funds, private equity funds, commodity funds, alternative mutual funds, and structured products their associated suitability for RJ clients
Analyst, Investments Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Analyst, Investments
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CFA, PMP, MBA, FCA, FSA, IMC, IFIC, CSC, FRM, CAIA
Education for Analyst, Investments
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the analyst, investments job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Communication, Mathematics, Real Estate, Engineering, MBA, Management
Skills for Analyst, Investments
Desired skills for analyst, investments include:
Various Merrill Lynch investment platforms the available products and solutions and relevant contacts
Model risk management regulatory guidance
Financial analysis usually acquired by an advanced degree and related experience
Excel
Microsoft Excel
PowerPoint
Word
Accounting policies for Investments
Especially Excel
Exposure to the investment industry and investment concepts
Desired experience for analyst, investments includes:
CFA (recommended)
Transferring product knowledge and expertise by communicating with and educating other departments within Alternative Investment Group (e.g., operations and marketing) by working with financial advisors directly
Associate will play a role in decisions to approve alternative investments for sale to our high net worth clients
Relevant internship
Partnering with investment professionals to define solutions to business needs
Playing a daily investment information support and liaison role in a dynamic investment risk environment
Analyst, Investments Examples
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Analyst, Investments Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for an analyst, investments. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for analyst, investments
- Identifying / quantifying impact of requested changes on existing processes and reports
- Applying investment related analytical / pricing formulas to validate vendor and internally generated analytics / valuations
- Assist in the monthly and quarterly close process including interacting with corporate and other functional areas as necessary
- Prepare accounting information in support of tax department requests
- Document accounting and reporting procedures
- Research and analyze general ledger balances and activity
- Train on SAP end-user report writing tools in order to develop financial reports and analyses for account reconciliation and management review
- Work closely with other groups in developing process automation where applicable
- Participate in AIG Corporate initiatives to accelerate the overall close process
- Support budget and forecasting processes by partnering with the Financial Planning & Analysis function to obtain necessary data and run projections
Qualifications for analyst, investments
- Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience is preferred
- Working knowledge of designing and/or writing reports and ad-hoc queries using Cognos Report Studio, or similar Business Intelligence (BI) tools is preferred
- Demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage multiple assignments / projects and effectively prioritize work to meet deadlines is required
- Participate in special projects and support other ad hoc finance initiatives
- 2+ years of previous working experience within a Big 4
- Previous experience with GAAP, General Ledger, Internal Controls, and Month-end Close
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of analyst, investments. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for analyst, investments
- Develop innovative analysis and monitoring tools to manage investment / portfolio risk and help ensure accuracy of our risk measurement engine
- Play a key role in the analysis of our investment targets and management of our portfolio risks, using a variety of factor-based risk models for exposure generation, stress-testing, correlation analysis and Profit & Loss attribution
- Lead efforts in building and developing new risk management and reporting capabilities that will be leveraged for strategic decision making
- Partnering with the Technology team
- Taking deep analytical dives on data while being able to summarize and communicate findings at an executive level
- Job scope includes performing quantitative and qualitative due diligence investment analysis (e.g., financial modeling, benchmarking, risk analysis, ) on non-traditional investment products, preparing detailed product approval memos and recommendations, conducting meetings and conversations with fund managers to determine the investment merits and risk profile of a complex asset class
- Support the management of alternative investment platforms to ensure competitiveness and advisor satisfaction
- Identify solutions to product and business challenges, and manage the implementation of enhancements to existing programs
- Negotiate and execute the terms of vendor contracts
- Facilitate the onboarding of new funds, including proper considerations based on agreements, internal policies, and systems
Qualifications for analyst, investments
- 2-5 years of relevant experience in the financial management industry and / or financial project management role
- Progress toward or completion of CFA preferred
- Bachelor degree in Finance, Business, Information Systems or similar is preferred
- Minimum 3-5 years of work experience in the asset management industry
- Undergraduate degree required (Business/Finance preferred)
- Ability to analyze complex technical processes to understand the impact that any changes made will cause in downstream systems
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of analyst, investments. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for analyst, investments
- Proactively organize and facilitate information flow to advisors regarding important product changes, enhancements, and best practices
- Support marketing campaigns, training and education programs, and events at both the head office and branch level
- Provide support on a daily basis for all functions performed within the Data Management Team
- Primary point of contact in Investments for data quality maintenance, corrections, and requests for additional data captures
- Utilize understanding of data sources and downstream impact of data to effectively communicate and lead cross-functional data quality projects
- Identify data anomalies and assist Team Manager in process re-engineering when necessary
- Through ongoing review and monitoring, pro-actively identify and resolve issues associated with Security Masters and provide overall data integrity
- Support monthly securities valuation process, price updates, missing prices, stale prices, and research price variances
- Execute and validate key pricing controls
- Contact with internal Traders for additional color on price variances for both vendor and non-vendor sources
Qualifications for analyst, investments
- General knowledge and understanding of commonly used concepts, practices and procedures within the technology field
- Ideally ex Big 4 with some commercial exposure
- Series 7 and Series 99 or ability to obtain within one year
- CAIA Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in related business field
- Experience in brokerage and/or advisory platform processing is preferred
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of analyst, investments. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for analyst, investments
- Partner with multiple functions to cleanse existing data
- Provide ongoing training to Investments associates on operational definitions and role of data field-ownership
- Additional ad-hoc projects may be assigned
- Working directly with senior management, coordinate major investments communications initiatives and associated data requests including materials for our Board of Directors, preparation ahead of earnings call, annual rating agencies reviews, and regulator requests
- Working with Investments teams to understand business data needs, provide accurate and timely data related to the investment portfolio
- Conduct data analysis as needed to complete assignments
- Working closely with Asset Management, Portfolio Management and Derivatives, lead Investment Committee Approval Process including prioritization of topics, managing functional approvals for new investment ideas, editing and general communication oversight of materials, facilitating meetings and documentation (key Sarbanes Oxley Control) and coordinating follow-ups
- Support teams on ad-hoc communications projects such as conference support and business meetings
- Partner with Human Resources to develop employee communications (new hires announcements, quarterly updates, etc)
- Work with Finance and Investor Relations teams to provide accurate and timely responses to questions related to the investment portfolio
Qualifications for analyst, investments
- Hands-on experience with any investment / trading system, risk management analytic models, or financial market data system is preferred
- Conducts analyses and reporting in support of general business operations special projects/initiatives and/or strategic/operational planning activities
- Independently applies established processes or develops new methods to gather organize and review operational data/metrics
- Analyse and synthesize the data
- May contribute to development of new processes or procedures for required analytics
- Stays abreast of organization and function operations and is familiar with company practices relevant to metrics performance indicators reporting protocols
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Analyst, Investments Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for an analyst, investments. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for analyst, investments
- Update client records and document client proposals in CRM
- Assists with periodic risk assessments, routine reviews and tests to ensure successful implementation of policies and procedures through surveillance, monitoring, and examinations and reports the results to a Compliance Manager
- Completes forensic testing on trading and operational compliance areas, proposes conclusions and reports the results to a Compliance Manager
- Assists in the investigation and collaboration with others to resolve potential compliance issues
- Completes testing to assess compliance with the requirements of the Code of Conduct including monitoring employee personal trading and gifts and entertainment activities, proposes conclusions and reports the results to a Compliance Manager
- Assists team leadership by participating in compliance related ad-hoc and special projects to improve the compliance program and its overall efficiency
- Reports basic compliance results and exceptions to Compliance leadership and responds to questions or review points
- Analyzes, proposes solutions and supplies information to a Compliance Manager for the preparation of management and governance reports, including among other things, potential compliance issues, investment limits, and operational concerns
- Responds to inquiries and questions pertaining to basic compliance policies and procedures and topics
- 40%) Performs monitoring of performance and pricing of current portfolio investments
Qualifications for analyst, investments
- May lead special projects/ initiatives for the function or business unit
- Contributes to the achievement of function or business unit objectives
- Opportunities to engage in diverse projects due to growth of business
- Highly competitive benefits package including private medical cover and group life insurance
- Undergraduate degree (BA/BS) with an emphasis in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering or Mathematics
- Strong experience with financial reporting and data analysis