Fixed Income Portfolio Analyst recruitment

Position Description:

Wellington Management Company, LLP is looking for a portfolio analyst to work with the Global Fixed Income Portfolio Management team. This individual will work closely with the Global Bond team to provide critical support in the execution of investment strategies across client portfolios. More specifically, this individual will work with portfolio managers and traders to implement foreign exchange, interest rate, and credit strategies across various client mandates, and will also monitor and analyze investment risk and manage cash in client portfolios. This position is ideal for someone who is interested in being part of a close team and learning about fixed income portfolio management.

The portfolio analyst will be based in Boston or London and will work with the team in providing support for their portfolio management activities.

Specific responsibilities will include:
• Interact closely with portfolio managers and traders to ensure timely and accurate execution of investment strategies across client portfolios; determine effective implementation of ideas across portfolio mandates with different constraints.
• Rebalance portfolios in response to cash flows, benchmark changes, market price movements, and changes in client guidelines.
• Monitor positions relative to client guidelines and verify transactions are consistent with guidelines.
• Interact with many areas of the firm to improve processes and minimize operational risks.
• Help monitor risk and performance across client portfolios; analyze risk exposures and key market sensitivities of positions in portfolios

A successful candidate will possess strong analytical skills, a quantitative orientation, and be detail oriented. The individual will also be able to work well under pressure and prioritize tasks, and have strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with various investment professionals and other business professionals around the firm. The candidate should also possess the ability to think creatively and initiate projects that lead to improved implementation of strategies and trades. The candidate must be able to work well as part of a team and enjoy a fast-paced, high-intensity environment. A basic understanding of and a strong interest in fixed income investing and a bachelor's degree with one to five years of experience in the fixed income business is required.