Americas
Asset Management
New York
Lazard is one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms.
Our people and culture make the difference. While global in presence and reach, ours is a close, collaborative community of just over 3,000 professionals. Lazard is a place of continuous knowledge sharing, skill development and relationship building, where professionals grow and succeed together. Our entrepreneurial culture, flat structure and embrace of individual differences, allow creative ideas, original concepts, and unique perspectives to drive our business forward — and for careers to take flight.
Many of the world’s leading investors — from individuals to institutions across the globe — have entrusted Lazard Asset Management. We pride ourselves on uncovering the best investment opportunities for our clients. The purpose of our asset management business is to help our clients invest for the future — whether it’s for retirement, to grow and preserve inter-generational wealth, or to benefit the organizations that make our world smarter, healthier and more sustainable.
This team is responsible for building and maintaining core portfolio management technology in support of the Portfolio Management teams across Equity products. The position is for an individual who has the vision, creativity, leadership, drive and determination to define, design and help deliver the products in support of tools used globally by Portfolio and Risk Managers. We are building a sophisticated suite of tools and flexible open platform technology to support full portfolio management cycle and fundamental research, helping to drive efficiency and bring transparency to performance.
We’ll trust you to:
- Understand, translate, and convey the front office and investment teams’ requirements to development team
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure product plans (roadmaps/features/functions/UI) fit the needs of our Equity investment teams, research, and risk user base.
- Interact with other Development functions to ensure requirements are fully understood, broken down sufficiently and estimated for correctly & consistently
- Perform comprehensive QA analysis on all new development to ensure data quality and consistency with requirements
- Help coordinate team participation in Scrum processes (from a functional perspective) e.g. Daily Stand-up, Backlog refinements and grooming, impact analysis, sprint demos and release retrospectives
- Documenting requirements and processes, defining scopes and objectives of software development projects
You’ll need to have:
- 3-5 years experience in Asset management and / or Fintech with knowledge of or experience with Investment vendor tools like FactSet, Bloomberg, Alphasense, etc.
- Problem-solving aptitude; the ability to distill problems into their simplest steps and find solutions
- Meticulous attention to detail, especially with regards to data, data structures and tables
- Self-motivated with plenty of initiative and organization
- Familiarity with financial markets and financial concepts. Fixed Income experience is a plus.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- A passion for working in and developing a culture of collaboration, automation, improvement, sharing and excellence.
It is a bonus to have:
- BS/BA in Economics or Finance with a background in Mathematics or Programming desired.
- Experience with data analysis, financial analytics, and /or data science.
- Competency in Microsoft applications including PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, and MS SQL
What We Offer
We strive to enhance the total health and well-being of our employees through comprehensive, competitive benefits. Our goal is to offer a highly individualized employee experience that enables you to balance your commitments to career, family, and community. When you work for Lazard, you are working for an organization that cares about your unique talents and passions and will continue to invest in the development of your career.
We expect the base salary range for this role to be approximately $120,000 - $150,000 USD. Various factors contribute to determining the actual base compensation offered, including but not limited to the applicant’s years of relevant experience, career tenure, qualifications, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, relevant skills for the role. Base salary is one component of Lazard Asset Management’s compensation package, which also includes comprehensive benefits and may include incentive compensation.
Does this sound like you?
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Representation at Lazard
Lazard is an intellectual capital business committed to delivering the best advice and solutions to clients. To achieve these objectives, we focus on attracting, developing and retaining the best talent. We believe that a workforce comprised of people who represent a wide array of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives creates a rich variety of thought that empowers us to challenge conventional wisdom, solve problems creatively and make better decisions.
Lazard was built on the premise that a multicultural firm can best serve a global clientele. As a global firm that has grown organically from local roots in different countries, we have a deep tradition of respecting and appreciating individual differences. Doing so has been core to our success for over 175 years. We are committed to sustaining an environment where every colleague is supported in their professional pursuits, can maximize their individual potential and contribute to our collective success.
