Investment Risk Manager - Fixed Income

At Franklin Templeton, everything we do is focused on one thing – delivering better client outcomes. We do that by partnering closely with our clients, assessing their strategic needs, and identifying the solution or solutions that can meet the challenge. Over 9,500 employees working in 30 countries around the world are dedicated to servicing investment solutions for our clients in more than 155 countries. For more than 75 years our success has been a direct result of the talent, skills and persistence of our people, and we are looking for qualified candidates to join our team.

This is a hybrid role with 2 days per week in the office. Location options include Philadelphia, PA or New York City, NY.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship/transfer at this time.

What is the Investment Risk Management Team responsible for?

We play a critical role in promoting risk awareness and providing risk expertise to various constituents throughout the company and are responsible for identifying, assessing, and escalating risk insights.

What is the Investment Risk Analyst – Fixed Income responsible for?

Partnering with a team of risk managers as a risk analyst, you’re responsible for identifying, monitoring, and communicating risks and leveraging your technical skills to enhance the team's data analytics capabilities.

What are the ongoing responsibilities of an Investment Risk Analyst – Fixed Income?

• Assist with the risk oversight of investment strategies
• Parse large volumes of data to detect patterns and trends
• Execute risk reports, analyze results, and communicate risks clearly and concisely
• Build analytical tools to derive risk insights more efficiently using Power BI, Snowflake, Python
  
  

What ideal qualifications, skills and experience would help someone to be successful?

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Computer Science, Financial Engineering, or equivalent quantitative field
• Minimum of 7 years of financial markets, insurance, banking, quantitative risk, or similar experience
• 2 - 5 years of experience with fixed income and global macro strategies essential
• Ability to work in cross-functional environments
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to travel to Philadelphia on a scheduled basis
  
  

What technology skill sets are critical to the success of this role?

• Data visualization skills with Tableau or Power BI
• Experience working with large volumes of data and apply pattern detection/ predictive analytics
• Strong database skills
• Basic understanding of risk systems and factor models (Bloomberg, Barra a plus)
  
  

Franklin Templeton offers employees a competitive and valuable range of total rewards—monetary and non-monetary—designed to support the whole person and to recognize their time, talents, and results. Along with base compensation, other compensation is offered such as a discretionary bonus, 401k plan, health insurance, and other perks. There are several factors taken into consideration in making compensation decisions including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. At Franklin Templeton, we apply a total reward philosophy where all aspects of compensation and benefits are taken into consideration in determining compensation. We expect the salary for this position to range between $135,000 and $145,000.

What makes Franklin Templeton unique?

In addition to the dynamic and professional environment at Franklin Templeton, we strive to ensure that our employees have access to a competitive and valuable set of Total Rewards—the mix of both monetary and non-monetary rewards provided to you in recognition for your time, talents, efforts, and results.

Highlights Of Our Benefits Include

• Three weeks paid time off the first year
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with 85% company match on your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions, up to the IRS limits
• Employee Stock Investment Program
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Purchase of company funds with no sales charge
  
  

We believe that being a good corporate citizen is good business. To us, corporate citizenship means being accountable, serving our clients, being an employer of choice, managing our environmental impact, and supporting our communities. An emphasis on corporate citizenship is embedded in our culture and values and is an important element of how we achieve success.

We are also committed to your learning and development with resources focused around Experience, Exposure, and Education, to help you achieve your professional development goals.

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation. We invite you to visit us at Franklin Templeton Careers to learn more about our company, career opportunities and recruitment process.

Franklin Templeton is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. If you believe that you need an accommodation to search for, or apply for, one of our positions please send an email to accommodations@FranklinTempleton.com . In your email, please include the accommodation you are requesting and the job title and job number you are applying for. It may take up to three business days to receive a response to your request. Please note that only requests for accommodations will receive a response.