Risk & Performance Analyst

Man Group•Boston, MA

About The Position

The core function of this role is to produce reports for our retail and institutional clients and work on reporting-based projects. You will have close working relationships with the Performance and Risk team as well as dealing with many other teams in the firm such as the investment teams, compliance, sales, and new product teams. The successful individual will gain a deep understanding of the hedge fund business and develop their performance and risk skills. We're looking for someone who is capable of challenging current procedures and can accommodate the increasing demands for transparency from our institutional investors.

Requirements

Recent graduate with 1-2 years of relevant industry experience
Good understanding and a clear interest in financial markets
Ability to manage own workload and take responsibility for tasks
Effective time management is essential to manage your allocation of work across the business
Able to communicate effectively across all levels of the business
Attention to detail is crucial as you will be responsible for data extraction, manipulation, validation, and control
Advanced Excel skills

Nice To Haves

Relevant experience/internships at an investment management firm is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Report on a wide range of funds from Long Only, Long/Short, Credit and Managed Futures to name a few. Many of these reports are produced monthly
Provide an explanation of the effect of market movements on the performance of our product range and include performance, contribution/attribution, and exposure data
Publish performance newsletters that keep the company and clients informed of key performance movements on flagship funds and overview newsletters of content engine performance and outlooks on a weekly basis