Assistant Manager - Portfolio Attribution

Assistant Manager - Portfolio Attribution

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Talent Development: Possess expertise or a comprehensive understanding of processes, products, and/or the business to facilitate communication between functional teams, share knowledge, and promote a collaborative approach.

- Focus on talent retention, effective backup planning, and managing team staffing within respective sub-functions. Maintain team engagement and provide constructive feedback to direct reports and team members to achieve common objectives.

- Independently develop and report on operational performance metrics and KPIs.

- Utilize analytical tools and quantitative methods such as trend analysis, forecasting, and optimization to enhance business function performance.

- Manage workforce efficiently, including capacity planning, leave management, BCP management, time tracking, and KPI monitoring of the teams.

- Apply knowledge of different asset class valuations, pricing, and terms and conditions regularly. Additionally, understand the modeling of private assets or OTC instruments.

- Have hands-on experience with Performance & Attribution calculations and assist in analyzing reports for institutional clients and investment managers globally across multiple asset classes.

- Perform portfolio analysis to explain return attribution and characteristics.

- Conduct deep dives into portfolio analytics for client portfolios, perform stress testing, custom scenario analysis, calculate VaR at both security and portfolio levels, etc.

- Ensure client requirements are comprehended during account onboarding and that internal systems and SOPs are updated to provide ongoing support during BAU.

- Exhibit detailed knowledge of various tools, utilities, and processes used by the team to execute and manage quality assurance processes.

- Implement Performance Improvement Plans (PIP) when necessary.

Eligibility Criteria - Skills Required:

- Preferred: Post-graduate degree(s) and/or certifications like CFA/FRM would be an added advantage.

- 5-8 years of experience with multi-asset classes, performance, attribution, and risk.

- 2-3 years' experience managing large or global teams.- Experience with "follow the sun" model for global client support.

- Ability to work in a hybrid setup with more RTO than WFH.

- Capable of working independently and collaboratively