AM_PAG_FixedIncome_Analyst

Job Description

Responsibilities PAG seeks a highly motivated Analyst in our Mumbai, India office to join our Fixed Income team within Asset Management. The primary responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:
• Provide the best client service experience by understanding our client s needs and developing relationships across the organization, specifically with Client Advisors, Portfolio Managers, Middle Office, Client Reporting, RFP teams and others
• Become a key contributor to the department s efforts of improving systems and technology, by actively participating in projects, requirement gathering and testing of software and system tools
• Maintain high standards of quality control checks and procedures; participate, develop and Preview controls for key business projects and business changes; be a driver of improvements
• Calculate performance returns and performance attribution across product range, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery
• Overseeing a broad spectrum of performance measurement & attribution calculations and creating reporting across several regional offices
• Analyze performance and attribution reports, and effectively communicate results to senior management, client portfolio managers and portfolio managers
• Be a driver of the development and implementation of the performance and attribution systems with best industry practices
• Monitoring data quality and performing compares between computations from different sources (e.g. internal vs external)
• Interpreting results and producing attribution commentary for a range of portfolio strategies/mandates (long and short duration, emerging markets, high yield, etc.) including determining sources of alpha and identifying the factors responsible for these results
• Providing regular and bespoke risk and return analysis to portfolio managers and investment specialists
Qualifications
• Comfortable in a team environment while also able to deliver on independent assignments
• Work effectively with teams and colleagues in different levels of the organization and across different geographical locations
• Knowledge of portfolio accounting principles, and performance and attribution methodologies
• Solid analytical ability to research and analyze complex data sets
• Interact and communicate effectively written and verbal throughout all organizational levels and roles including a strong client service mentality
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal clients, third party consultants, auditors, custodians and across all employee experience levels throughout the greater organization
• Ability to work towards tight deadlines in a high-pressure environment
• Ability to multi-task seamlessly while rigorously maintaining a strong attention to detail
• Bachelor s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics or Computer Science (or similar discipline) from an accredited, high quality institution preferred
• CIPM/CFA or progress toward designation a plus
• Passion for the investments business and financial markets
• Self-starter who is analytical and creative in their thinking; ability to quickly analyze information and creatively reach solutions and execute their implementation
• Strong quantitative skills, comfortable with formulas, performance measurement methodology and risk measures
• Experienced performance measurement professional with 5+ years of relevant experience including project experience and knowledge of GIPS
• Understanding of the various businesses/products within the Asset management & Wealth management space
• Some working knowledge of securities operations, trade processing, mainframe accounting systems and performance system architecture a plus
• Thorough understanding of ex-post risk concepts and methodologies
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