Senior Investment Director - Portfolio Risk & Strategy

LONDON, LONDON, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Job Description

Location: London, UK

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

• An exciting opportunity to drive investment excellence at AustralianSuper, one of the world's largest long term institutional investors.
• Working closely with other senior investment professionals across International & Australian listed Equities to provide advice and challenge on investment strategy and drive a continuous improvement focus.
• Focusing on identifying, developing and commercialising major themes shaping global investing in listed markets over the coming decades.

About Us

AustralianSuper is the largest pension fund in Australia and the 16th largest in the world by total assets. With over £200bn in assets under management, we are a fast growing fund with a world class investment team. We invest across global financial markets, real assets, private credit, and private equity to deliver sustainable, long term performance for our members.

At AustralianSuper, our purpose is clear: helping members achieve their best financial position in retirement. As a global investor with collaborative, insight driven teams across multiple international offices, we operate for the long term and focus on excellent outcomes for members.

The Opportunity

The Portfolio Oversight team operates within the Portfolio Strategy and Risk (PS&R) team and is responsible for ensuring the aggregate portfolio and individual strategy components are best positioned to ensure that the Fund's member investment options meet their investment objectives.

Effective portfolio oversight is a key driver of improved long term investment performance. Portfolio Oversight seeks to improve investment outcomes via driving improvements and discipline in investment decision making.

Internally managed investment strategies are an increasingly important feature of the Fund's investment program, and it is critical that the Fund oversee these strategies with appropriate rigour.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Drive the oversight programme of equity Asset Class Teams.
• Build proactive connections with the key investment leaders within each Asset Class to support a common understanding of internal investment strategies and capabilities.
• Maintain an ongoing cadence of meetings and dialogue across all Asset Class Teams to foster a transparent sharing of insights, issues and solutions.
• Provide advice on issues relevant to investment strategy, portfolio design, execution and performance.

Develop the Portfolio Oversight Framework

• Including policies and standards for how the team (and overall investments department) oversees portfolios and discharges its delegated authorities.
• Develop and enhance process to support a culture of ongoing review, assessment and continual improvement leading to performance improvement through decision making excellence.
• Lead key projects across investing and operational teams to uplift the monitoring process for internal strategies' portfolio and performance.
• Work with external manager assessment teams and external consultants on benchmarking to global best practice.
• Conduct peer research to support delivery of the Fund's relative performance objectives.
• Research relevant investing peers providing insights on drivers of peer performance and capability development.

What You'll Bring

• Minimum 15 years' experience in investment management.
• Postgraduate qualifications in finance or investing (CFA, FIAA).
• Specific direct portfolio investing experience (especially listed equity markets) will be highly regarded.
• Deep understanding of performance attribution, risk analysis and investment process development including insights into sustainability risks.
• Experience developing and building investment processes.

Why Join Us?

Life at AustralianSuper: Our London and New York offices are home to nearly 300 talented colleagues, with plans to grow significantly. We offer great benefits, including generous leave, leading pension contributions, health insurance, and a blended working environment. We are committed to inclusivity and diversity, ensuring everyone can thrive. At AustralianSuper, we truly care about our colleagues. We support the diverse needs of everyone and have policies that enable us all to thrive and be truly flexible. We ensure diversity is celebrated for the opportunity it provides us all to learn and grow and deliver better outcomes for members.

We are dedicated to building a high-performance environment underpinned by a strong risk culture, ensuring we deliver the best outcomes for our members. Enjoy a hybrid working model and a modern office in the heart of London - Kings Cross, one of the core assets of the Fund's global portfolio!