Portfolio and Risk Management Business Analyst

Lazard Careers • , NY

3h • $120,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Lazard is one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms. Our people and culture make the difference . While global in presence and reach, ours is a close, collaborative community of just over 3,000 professionals. Lazard is a place of continuous knowledge sharing, skill development and relationship building, where professionals grow and succeed together. Our entrepreneurial culture, flat structure and embrace of individual differences, allow creative ideas, original concepts, and unique perspectives to drive our business forward — and for careers to take flight. Many of the world’s leading investors — from individuals to institutions across the globe — have entrusted Lazard Asset Management. We pride ourselves on uncovering the best investment opportunities for our clients. The purpose of our asset management business is to help our clients invest for the future — whether it’s for retirement, to grow and preserve inter-generational wealth, or to benefit the organizations that make our world smarter, healthier and more sustainable. This team is responsible for building and maintaining core portfolio management technology in support of the Portfolio Management teams across Equity products. The position is for an individual who has the vision, creativity, leadership, drive and determination to define, design and help deliver the products in support of tools used globally by Portfolio and Risk Managers. We are building a sophisticated suite of tools and flexible open platform technology to support full portfolio management cycle and fundamental research, helping to drive efficiency and bring transparency to performance.

Requirements

• 3-5 years experience in Asset management and / or Fintech with knowledge of or experience with Investment vendor tools like FactSet, Bloomberg, Alphasense, etc.
• Problem-solving aptitude; the ability to distill problems into their simplest steps and find solutions
• Meticulous attention to detail, especially with regards to data, data structures and tables
• Self-motivated with plenty of initiative and organization
• Familiarity with financial markets and financial concepts. Fixed Income experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• A passion for working in and developing a culture of collaboration, automation, improvement, sharing and excellence.

Nice To Haves

• BS/BA in Economics or Finance with a background in Mathematics or Programming desired.
• Experience with data analysis, financial analytics, and /or data science.
• Competency in Microsoft applications including PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, and MS SQL

Responsibilities

• Understand, translate, and convey the front office and investment teams’ requirements to development team
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure product plans (roadmaps/features/functions/UI) fit the needs of the Equity investment teams, research, and risk user base.
• Interact with other Development functions to ensure requirements are fully understood, broken down sufficiently and estimated for correctly & consistently
• Perform comprehensive QA analysis on all new development to ensure data quality and consistency with requirements
• Help coordinate team participation in Scrum processes (from a functional perspective) e.g. Daily Stand-up, Backlog refinements and grooming, impact analysis, sprint demos and release retrospectives
• Documenting requirements and processes, defining scopes and objectives of software development projects

Benefits

• We strive to enhance the total health and well-being of our employees through comprehensive, competitive benefits.
• Our goal is to offer a highly individualized employee experience that enables you to balance your commitments to career, family, and community.
• When you work for Lazard, you are working for an organization that cares about your unique talents and passions and will continue to invest in the development of your career.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees