AVP - Investment Analyst

Business: International Wealth & Premier Banking

Principal responsibilities:

- Provide support for the front office analytical tool set, primarily Analytics (in-house analytical toolset), liaising with development and data teams to ensure timely availability of analysis for Investment teams

- Maintain and provide a thorough understanding of investment risk models, our multi-process investment framework, the drivers of market risk and the implications on product performance and attribution.

- Contribute to the design and creation of new kinds of risk analytics to help portfolio managers to have a better understanding of their portfolio risks and exposures

- Provide support for ad-hoc business requests; such as introducing new analytics, enhancing current portfolio analysis tools, and reviewing current data and delivery processes, to improve user experience

- Encourage proliferation of investment analytics to the front office and senior management

- Liaise with regional offices to ensure successful implementation of the global investment themes and principles to ensure the front office remains symbiotic and well integrated

- Create thorough documentation of tools and processes in order to encourage a self-service culture amongst users

- Assist in the oversight of the global investment platform

Qualifications - External:

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills; highly numerate and organised; very good attention to detail

- A good understanding of techniques in portfolio management and of risk analysis or performance attribution. A good understanding of financial markets and financial instruments

- Great communication skills, both verbally and written

- Confident with stakeholder engagement at all levels

- A positive and proactive attitude with flexibility to accommodate a changing environment and a willingness to take on new responsibilities

- The ability to work independently and as part of a team, share ideas and learn from others

- Confident with MS Excel

What additional skills will be good to have?

- A good academic record; preferably with specialisation in finance or from an analytics background in a portfolio analytics, performance, or investment risk systems support role

- Professional qualification such as CFA or FRM

- Project management experience

- Knowledge of programming within VBA, Python, R, SQL, or similar

- Practical experience working with risk or other analytical systems and with a working knowledge of performance attribution