Performance Analyst – Boutique Asset Manager recruitment

The Opportunity:

• Newly created opportunity to ultimately take ownership of the fund performance analysis at a hugely successful investment boutique in the City

• This is an opportunity to understudy a very experienced and commercial performance analyst who is due to take on further operational responsibilities and is looking for somebody to take ownership of this function in time and become the firm’s subject matter expert

Your Experience:

• You will have a strong academic profile, with numerate A levels a minimum requirement – N.B. the company is not looking for somebody with a top-tier maths degree / post graduate qualification who they fear may have aspirations above performance analysis

• IMC

• It is likely that you will have some proven experience in working within a performance measurement role at an asset management organisation

• You will have knowledge of return methodologies and have the ability to calculate them manually

• Possess and ability to calculate performance attribution down to stock transaction level

• It is imperative that you possess strong excel skills with the proven ability to construct pivot tables, write formulas etc. VBA would be helpful but not essential

• The working environment is very collegiate and it is essential that you are willing to undertake other roles and duties across the middle office from time to time

The Company:

• City based boutique asset manager with an enviable reputation within the institutional asset management space

• With over a ten year track record of exceptional fund performance this firm has gone from strength to strength and has developed a very entrepreneurial culture

• A culture that promotes both personal and professional development