Senior Manager - Equity Portfolio (4-12 yrs)

About Company :

Our client is a US based MNC (Fortune 200). It's a global consulting leader in talent, health, retirement, and investments. They work collaboratively with clients to transform strategy into practical actions that drive results. They believe in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. They are having more than 25,000 employees that are based in 44 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries across the globe.

Job Description:

- Modelling of Equity portfolios

- Responsible for factor and risk analysis of active and passive funds

- Develop strategic asset allocation models, risk & return calibration and portfolio analytics on client portfolios

- Contribute to fund performance analysis and draft fund commentaries

- Responsible for producing market summary for broader business with insights on various asset classes across the geographies

- Conceptualize and develop models for deeper analysis of market environments and trends

- Co-ordinate with multiple teams for managing the portfolios effectively

- Take a leading role towards development of new techniques of portfolio attribution analysis

- Mentor the juniors in the team to think like a portfolio manager

- Analyze performance and risk metrics for prospective underlying managers

- Understand deviations in performance and provide efficient commentary and explanation

What you need to have:

- 4-12 years of work experience in a portfolio management /investment strategies team as a researcher/PM

- 4-5 years' experience in global markets with inclination towards fixed income or equities

- BE/B Tech from a top tier college and/or master's in finance / financial engineering / Econometrics / Quantitative Finance / MBA

- Strong background in portfolio management and construction.

- Ability to understand nuances between different fund managers based on their portfolio construction methodology and factor exposure.

- Multi asset class exposure with experience in attribution analysis

- Understanding of macro (fixed income/ rates) and systematic factors affecting a portfolio

- Strong financial instruments knowledge, covering but not limited to fixed income, equities, funds, derivatives and market indices

- Excellent analytical and investment skills

- Preferable: Knowledge and understanding of advanced econometrics, statistical modelling and programming skills in at least one of R, Python, Ms-Excel VBA, MATLAB etc.

- Preferable: Able to research, self-learn and use, complex R/Python libraries required for developing the quantitative models