Senior Associate, Portfolio

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Barings Full time

 

Barings - Career Opportunity

At Barings, we recognize those who wish to develop and progress internally.

We are as invested in our associates as we are in our clients. We recognize those who work diligently for us and reward them for personal and professional integrity, communication skills, distinct competencies and expertise in specific strategies, ability to collaborate as a team member and true dedication to the interests of our clients.

Title: Senior Associate, Portfolio & Risk Analytics

Department: Portfolio Solutions & Analytics

Location: London

Barings is a $325+ billion* global investment manager sourcing differentiated opportunities and building long-term portfolios across public and private fixed income, real estate and specialist equity markets.  With investment professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, the firm, a subsidiary of MassMutual, aims to serve its clients, communities and employees, and is committed to sustainable practices and responsible investment. Learn more at www.barings.com.

Job Summary

The Portfolio Solutions & Analytics team at Barings is seeking a professional to support the Investment Analytics & Portfolio Risk group. The role will be focused on investment analytics and risk metrics to help the investment teams make informed decisions in the areas of asset allocation and risk management. Ideal candidate will have a combination of 2+ years of experience related to public markets (fixed income), analytics, and market/investment risk.

The role requires strong communication skills, written and verbal, in order to collaborate effectively across Portfolio Solutions & Analytics, Investment Management, Investment Risk Management, Technology and Operations, Product Management, Compliance, and Client Portfolio Services teams at the firm.

A successful candidate has an understanding of public fixed income markets including at least some of EM & DM Corporate debt, EM & DM Sovereign debt, CLOs, Securitized assets, and/or various derivative products (currency swaps, interest rate swaps, futures, forwards, etc.). A successful candidate has experience and expertise with buy side risk management platforms (RiskMetrics, FactSet, BarraOne, Aladdin). Familiarity with various risk metrics and financial risk modeling is required (credit risk, market risk, and liquidity risk).

Primary Responsibilities

  • Effectively communicate primary drivers of risk and performance, as well as the ability to discuss risk factor analysis for investment portfolios
  • Develop new risk & analytics tools to support the private and public investment platforms
  • Conduct research and present relevant findings to stakeholders and upper-level management
  • Provide analysis on an ad-hoc basis when requested by various stakeholders
  • Manage weekly, monthly, and quarterly deliverables for clients and or internal stakeholders
  • Collaborate on the production and development of management level reporting and quarterly reporting for various investment teams and senior management
  • Ability to aggregate, manipulate, and translate data into useful solutions to help drive decision making
  • Participate in monthly strategy meetings with portfolio managers

Qualifications

  • Degree in Finance or related field (Math, Engineering, Computer Science, Economics)
  • 2+ Years of Experience in markets, analytics, and/or market/investment risk
  • Curious, self-starter with an interest in continual professional and personal development
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with constituents across different functional and geographic areas
  • Prior experience in public markets with a focus on risk and performance
  • Knowledge of risk metrics, stress testing, and scenario analysis
  • Strong familiarity with data processing
  • Familiarity with buy side market risk platforms
  • Analytical and quantitative background
  • Experience with querying and/or programming languages: SQL, Excel (VBA), Python, Matlab, R

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