Investment Associate – Fixed Income recruitment

Business Overview: Prudential Investment Management (PIM) is one of the largest investment managers in the U.S. with $637 billion of assets under management. Prudential Fixed Income (PFI) is the public fixed income business within PIM. PFI has over $332 billion of assets under management which include government securities, mortgages, corporate and high yield bonds, bank loans and emerging market securities. PFI manages investments for a wide variety of clients, including public and corporate pension funds, institutional investors, retail investors and Prudential's general account.

Description: The Investment Associate, Portfolio Analysis Group role in PFI provides investment analysis to key internal constituents as well as current and prospective clients. The Associate will cover one or more specific mandates or research groups such as Investment Grade Corporate, Emerging Markets, High Yield, Global Rates or Global Economic Research. The Associate delivers expert Investment Analytics to the organization manages the work of multiple analysts and shares leadership responsibilities for the group with his peers. The incumbent will routinely make individual contributions but will also be responsible for the training and development of less experienced analysts. The incumbent partners closely with peers throughout PFI to build organizational capabilities and is responsible for setting goals and accomplishing the objectives of the Portfolio Analysis Group. The Associate works with risk managers, portfolio managers, traders, client service representatives and the sales and marketing team to deliver performance attribution and analytics, monitor portfolio positioning and risk exposures, collect and prepare market data and model benchmarks.

Responsibilities:

· Provide leadership, talent development and execution against the organization's strategy.

· Maintain the Portfolio Analysis Group's position as a world class provider of Investment Analytics.

· Work with peers across mandates to ensure processes and procedures are applied consistently.
· Monitor portfolio positioning with respect to interest rate, currency and credit risk exposures.
· Deliver and effectively communicate monthly and quarterly performance attribution analysis.
· Partner with client Services and marketing in new business development.
· Integrate specific client guidelines, objectives and risk tolerances into the firm's investment process and strategies.
· Compare and contrast various benchmarks and their risk and positioning profiles.

Skills

· Minimum 5 years experience in Fixed Income Investments and a demonstrated passion for Fixed Income Analytics.
· Bachelor's degree with concentration(s) in Mathematics, Finance, Economics, or Engineering
· MBA, CFA or other applicable masters level work such as Statistics or Quantitative Finance.
· Demonstrated management and leadership skills.
· Strong quantitative skills (project experience involving data analysis a plus)
· Extensive experience with MS Excel and other technical data tools.
· Demonstrated skills as a team player, excellent verbal and written communications skills