Portfolio Associate
About The Position
Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors. Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles. Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment for excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management, and corporate culture. You will operate the systematized investment logic we use to create ideal portfolios for our clients. You will oversee a set of processes that ingests updated market data along with our view from our research department, applies portfolio construction logic, risk controls, and client specific constraints to determine those ideal portfolios. You will oversee our logic for choosing which instruments we want to hold and then deliver the set of trades necessary to implement our portfolios to our trading department. You will regularly communicate your understanding and assessment to a diverse group of people, including senior investment managers, traders, and developers. You will partner with technologists and researchers to constantly improve our processes, focusing on increasing efficiency or the implementation of new logic or portfolios.
Requirements
- Are analytical, highly logical, and structured
- Are deeply interested in understanding financial markets
- Think in terms of systems and naturally look for ways to solve problems through the evolution of those systems
- Hold a high degree of personal responsibility and ownership in everything you do
- 4-year degree from an accredited undergraduate institution with an anticipated graduation date in Spring/Summer 2027
- Relevant internship experience at an investment bank or asset management firm
Responsibilities
- Executing and overseeing the systematized logic we use to generate client portfolios and trades every day
- Working with technologists and researchers to construct new investment implementation systems or overhaul old ones
- Driving initiatives to improve the quality, reliability, and efficiency of the systems you own
- Evolving the methods and best practices used by the broader investment community
Benefits
- Competitive suite of benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
