This company is a leading global provider of software solutions & consulting services to asset managers, with particularly strong propositions in the areas of cross asset class portfolio analytics i.e. performance measurement, performance attribution, portfolio modelling, optimization and risk management etc. They are a very respected market player going through a growth phase with new solutions and looking to strengthen their specialist team with the hire of a number of additional business consultants to play key roles in their client management and business consulting team. You’ll get involved in a wide variety of tasks from delivering user training, managing client relationships, consulting with potential clients, system implementations, and leveraging your business knowledge to contribute to future product development.
Appropriate candidates will have:
• Good business knowledge of performance measurement, attribution and/or portfolio risk management - and doesn't matter if equities and/or fixed income.
• Experience in the Asset Management industry in a performance analyst, risk analyst, portfolio analyst, equity analyst or fixed income analyst type role, or similar performance systems consulting role.
• Experience using any of the following types of vendor systems would also be beneficial: Wilshire, SS&C / FMC Sylvan, StatPro, Russell Mellon, Socrates, Style Research, FactSet, MSCI Barra, DST HiPerformance / HiRisk, Barclays / Lehman Point, UBS Credit Delta, Yieldbook, BI-SAM etc.
• You must also have excellent interpersonal and client communication skills and be a strong problem solver.
Excellent career opportunity with well respected global company, allowing you to increase your analytical knowledge whilst experiencing a wider variety of responsibilities and more client interaction.