Portfolio Analyst (Jnr Quants) Asset Management

Our client is a boutique Asset Management Company based in Cape Town, they now have an opening for a Portfolio Analyst to report in the Head of Portfolio Analytics and Implementation. This role requires some basic quantitative skills pertaining to performance and risk analysis coupled with good intellect to take on some other functions that pertain to implementation and trading.

Job objective

This function will be responsible for performance and risk reporting as well as portfolio modelling, construction, and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Work in collaboration with Portfolio Managers to offer meaningful analysis and support to successfully manage a suite of portfolios and ensure that portfolios are kept up to date on relevant systems.
• Translate Portfolio Managers’ model portfolio decisions into fund-specific trading instructions across multiple portfolios within GIPS composites, ensuring accurate and timely execution of instructions.
• Develop an understanding of market dynamics, portfolio construction, and investment management.
• Alongside the Portfolio Managers and Investment Research Teams, analyse and monitor exposures and risks on an ongoing basis.
• Provide portfolio analytics services, including interpreting and analysing report results, conducting data interrogation, and generating client reports.
• Produce comprehensive monthly, quarterly, and annual client and consultant reports, ensuring accuracy and correctness of reports and that all SLAs and time-sensitive reporting requirements are met.
• Maintain, validate, reconcile, and analyse data on internal systems for regular and ad-hoc reporting purposes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Produce required collateral for portfolio review meetings and communicate with stakeholders regarding portfolio queries.
• Develop an understanding of the market risks and tools.
• Actively engage with portfolio managers and senior management to identify, manage, and mitigate factors influencing risk and performance.
• Augment/enhance the production of various investment risk and performance reporting measures internally and externally.
• Continuously evaluate and enhance investment risk and performance functions and systems.
• Assist with GIPS preparation and composite reporting process.
• Respond to ad hoc quantitative/risk-return queries and analyses.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders and provide ad hoc analyses, suggestions, and support.
• Contribute to process improvement and automation.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies/Education

• Numerically orientated degree (B. Bus.Sci / BCom Actuarial, Quantitative Management) / (BSc (Mathematics, Statistics).
• FRM, CQF, CIPM or CFA (or studying towards) a distinct advantage.
• Excellent understanding of financial instruments and markets
• Passion and love for financial markets
• Accuracy and superb attention to detail
• Strong MS Excel and data analysis
• Excellent client service skills
• Highly analytical
• Effective communication skills.
• Takes ownership of assigned tasks.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
• Ability to produce accurate and timely work.
• Proactive team player.
• Ability to build relationships.
• Actively seeks to enhance own expertise and knowledge.
• Demonstrates drive and commitment to self-development.
• Alignment to company values.

To apply for this role please send your CV and supporting documentation to operations@asearch.co.za