Portfolio Associate

Bridgewater Associates LP • Westport, CT

2d • $140,000 - $220,000 • Onsite

About The Position

About Bridgewater 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. Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website here . Our Culture Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets are objective, competitive, and getting smarter everyday, we need to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and constantly improving because once you know what's true about your problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better. Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or self-interest. Operating this way is hard – it's only possible because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself. The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997 our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a Philosophy Statement which remains our foundation. This later evolved into a set of 300+ Principles. In 2022, when Ray transitioned the company, we re-underwrote several of those principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on Meritocracy. Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our most important edge. When we get it right, it’s the engine that powers everything else. About Your Role 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. You will drive the following responsibilities: Executing and overseeing the systematized logic we use to generate client portfolios and trades every day Understanding and effectively communicating the state of those portfolios to our senior investment teams and CIOs 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 You will be a click for the role if you: 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

Requirements

• 4-year degree from an accredited undergraduate institution
• 3+ years of relevant work experience at an investment bank or asset management firm
• Experience with portfolio construction and risk management techniques

Responsibilities

• Executing and overseeing the systematized logic we use to generate client portfolios and trades every day
• Understanding and effectively communicating the state of those portfolios to our senior investment teams and CIOs
• 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

What This Job Offers

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