What are the responsibilities and job description for the Risk & Performance Analyst (MiNDS Employee/12 months contract) position at MiNDS?
This role sits within the Risk & Performance Analysis team within Global Investment Analytics. The core function of this team is to support our Investment Management, Sales and Marketing teams globally with responses to quantitative risk, analytical queries and the provision of performance statistics and attribution analysis on our entire product range. The role is also heavily involved with regulatory risk reporting to the SEC, FCA and other regulators around the world.
Specific Responsibilities
Specific Responsibilities
- Produce performance metrics for both internal and external distribution
- Assist in the production and checking of bespoke risk templates and client performance
- Calculate exposure and risk metrics to assist in responding to ad-hoc client queries
- Contribute to and produce competitor / peer group analysis and reports
- Involvement in the production and approval of the team’s contribution to quarterly regulatory reporting
- Excellent analytical skills and quantitative problem-solving ability
- Problem solving skills - the ability to analyse and challenge conventional thought processes and use experience and/or intuition to create pragmatic solutions
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Highly motivated self-starter, willing to take on responsibility and ownership and see delivery through from start to finish (often to tight deadlines)
- Excellent communication/interpersonal skills with the ability to establish functioning and constructive work relations with various teams in the Company
- Knowledge of the financial markets and/or knowledge of pooled fund investment vehicles & investments advantageous
