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Investment Analyst

Posted 18 hours 40 minutes ago by CFA Institute

Permanent
Full Time
Academic Jobs
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
About the Role

Investment Products & Strategies - Equity

The Equity Product Management ("EPM") group at Wellington Management works closely with our equity investment teams, relationship teams, and business colleagues across the firm to support our clients' investment needs. Our equity investors span a wide range of disciplines, geographies, industries, market capitalizations, and styles. The product management function has three main objectives:

  • Product Development and Marketing
  • Investment Integrity and Risk Management
  • Business Management

EPM contributes to client growth and retention by assessing business opportunities and leading business planning, developing new products and investment solutions, creating the communication strategy for the book of business, including materials that differentiate the product relative to competitors and acting as a subject matter expert and portfolio representative for colleagues, clients and consultants.

EPM acts as an independent advisor to ensure the integrity of the investment and risk management processes, as well as consistency with client parameters and objectives, conducts regular product risk and performance attributions reviews, and contributes to formal, investment review group processes.

EPM contributes to business management, including managing risk, capacity, pricing and guidelines, leads resolution of internal business challenges, and collaborates on product management business to share investment integrity, marketing and product development best practices.

Role & Responsibilities

The Investment Analyst will work as part of one or more product coverage teams to contribute to the broad efforts of EPM. The primary focus of the role is to provide analytical leverage to the team as well as be a point of contact for a variety of internal constituents regarding inquiries about the investment teams and products under coverage.

Responsibilities include performing analyses related to portfolio positioning, attribution and risk, market trends, competitive positioning, and pricing. Additional responsibilities may include creation and maintenance of marketing and client materials, review of RFPs, responses to client questions, automation of workflow, and collaboration on the development of client solutions and new investment approaches.

Qualifications

Success in the role requires a demonstrated interest in equity investing and passion for learning. A positive, collegial attitude and high level of professionalism are essential, as are creativity, initiative and the ability to thrive in a fast paced, team oriented environment with tight deadlines.

We are seeking candidates who display the following characteristics:

  • A Bachelor's degree with very strong academic credentials and a record of achievement
  • 2 5 years of relevant experience and progress towards the CFA are preferred
  • German language skills are preferred
  • Demonstrated analytical skills including the ability to organize and synthesize data to reach conclusions
  • Solid judgment, intellectual curiosity, and willingness to take a differentiated perspective
  • Attention to detail combined with a solutions oriented mindset
  • Ability to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings
  • Articulate with an interest in developing presentation skills
  • Proactive with an ability to work both independently and in collaboration with a global team
  • Strong technical skills; mastery of MS Excel and familiarity with Factset are a plus but not essential
  • Ability to organize, manage, and prioritize time well
  • Grace under pressure with an ability to adapt to get things done
Benefits & Work Arrangement

We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and consider a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.

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