Summary:
The Associate Portfolio Manager and Trader will be joining the Short Duration Investment Grade team. The team manages over $12 billion across various strategies, including Institutional Enhanced Cash and Short Duration, the Short Duration Income ETF, and higher quality-focused mandates across the yield curve. The successful candidate will work closely with members of the team to develop investment recommendations and assist in strategy implementation.
Responsibilities:
Trade modelling and trade execution across a wide variety of fixed-income asset classes, including investing new money, portfolio rebalancing, and monitoring and managing daily cash flows
Analyze portfolio positioning relative to benchmarks and similarly managed mandates
Daily monitoring of portfolios to ensure mandates remain in compliance with investment strategies and guidelines
Identify and recommend relative value trading opportunities
Monitor news and trading flow for information that is pertinent to our positions
Maintain strong counterparty relationships with daily interaction across sales and trading
Assist team with monthly and quarterly reporting requirements, including attribution analysis of multi-sector fixed income portfolios, writing commentaries, and client reviews, as well as collateral documents and RFPs
Keep Client Portfolio Managers abreast of investment strategies, trades, and investment views
Qualifications:
Demonstrated passion for and interest in financial markets and investments
Bachelor’s degree required within finance, economics, mathematics, or related fields plus minimum of three years work experience in a similar or related position
Highly motivated team player, with strong analytical and problem solving skills, who works with a sense of urgency and has the ability to prioritize tasks
Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy is critical
Good communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to manage multiple projects/tasks in a fast-paced environment; work under pressure and independently evaluate investment ideas and take ownership of investment performance
Previous exposure to and interest in the fixed-income markets
Personable, proactive, and reliable team player that shows initiative
Experience with BlackRock Aladdin preferred , but not required
Skilled in using Excel and Python to process and analyze large data sets
SIE, Series 7, 66 and 3 licenses preferred or must be obtained within firm’s guidelines
Compensation Details
The salary range for this role is $130,000-$170,000. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in New York City. An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. This job is also eligible for a discretionary bonus. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), life insurance and other benefits to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, production, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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