** Position Description**

**Hedge Fund Sales Associate** Location **New York City** Job Code **110** # of openings **1** **About Ellington Management Group**

Ellington has a 25 year track record of delivering attractive returns to investors, capturing upside in good markets and controlling downside in difficult ones through disciplined use of data and modeling, alongside deep trading expertise. Our core competencies are in diversified credit, mortgage, and fixed income marketsbut we are also constantly evolving, adding new capabilities that complement our existing strategies. The Ellington culture embraces complex investment opportunities and risk management challenges that require analytical depth and versatile collaboration.

At Ellington, we care deeply about working with our team members to set them up for a successful long-term career with the firm. Our open, collegial environment not only fosters close relationships across portfolio management, risk, research, sales and technology rolesit also entails a flexible approach to professional growth and promotes exciting, non-linear career paths spanning those areas.

With $14bn in AUM and offices in New York, Connecticut, and London, what makes us most proud is the exceptional quality of our 170 employees.

**This Role**

The Sales Associate role within the Insurance Solutions Group focuses on curating strategic relationships with institutional investors whose investment goals align with Ellingtons unique areas of expertise. This effort requires creative and thoughtful data analysis to determine potential investor alignment, prioritization and project management orientation. Beyond all else, a client driven centricity and acumen is vital to thriving in this position and on this team.

Beyond these core considerations, this role calls upon an individual skilled in developing compelling, data driven cases for potential investor consideration with a commerciality that aligns to the Ellington brand. Over time, the individual in this role will develop a balanced approach between marketing, educating and supporting Ellington investor prospects, and will evolve into increasing client facing advisory responsibilities.

The role requires analytical rigor, technical know-how, product expertise, collaborative spirit, and strategic orientation. We believe a diverse range of people fit this profile, and are seeking new colleagues at varied stages of their careers.

**Finding the Right Fit**

While there are a wide array of unique backgrounds that may be a good fit, the following abilities and experience would be helpful in the role:

* Exposure and experience working in the investment management space, specifically with exposure to the full range of credit and fixed income strategies

* Acumen managing data and creating analytical insights for presentations

* Experience supporting sales and/or marketing oriented initiatives

* Sales experience with exposure to goals and goal attainment

* Intellectual curiosity, well read and well informed on global macro dynamics

* Experience investing across the capital spectrum, if even as an extracurricular- has opinions in this regard

* Attention to detail, ability to think critically and analytically (often skeptically), strong work ethic, thrives in a fast paced and dynamic environment with shifting goals and opportunities

* Excellent interpersonal skills and effective teamwork skills

* Excellent awareness of interdepartmental relationships

* Strong project management, organizing, planning, and presentation skills

* Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated history of creative problem solving

* Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a deadline-driven environment without compromising accuracy and quality of output

* Strong sense of accountability

* Openness to new ideas and approaches- acquiring new skills- always coachable and resilient

* Superior written and verbal communication skills

* Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, Salesforce CRM

* License Series 3 not a prerequisite, but required within 90 days of commencing the new role

* CFA or progress towards certification (CFA Level 1, etc.) is a plus. CFA Charter is expected within year one

**For More Information**

For more background on Ellington, we encourage you to visit our website at .

Ellington Management Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ellington's policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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